Byron Gentry
No. 18 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Guard | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | (1913-10-20)October 20, 1913 Brawley, Arkansas, U.S. | ||||
Died: | February 10, 1992(1992-02-10) (aged 78) Paso Robles, California, U.S. | ||||
Career information | |||||
College: | USC | ||||
Career history | |||||
| |||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||
| |||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||
| |||||
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||
Byron Burk Gentry (October 20, 1913 – February 10, 1992)[1] was a professional American football guard[2] in the National Football League (NFL). He played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates.[3]
Gentry played college football at the University of Southern California where he was also a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. At USC, he played on the 1931 and 1932 Rose Bowl championship teams.[4] He was a decorated soldier, rising to the rank of Capitan,[5] and serving as an intelligence officer in World War II. He later was a state and national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.[6][7] Gentry's post-football career was in the law and he was city attorney of Pasadena, California for sixteen years. He was also a published writer and poet.[8]
References
- ^ Byron Gentry at Find a Grave
- ^ Maxymuk, John (2005-03-29). Uniform Numbers of the NFL: All-Time Rosters, Facts and Figures. McFarland. ISBN 9781476603988.
- ^ "Byron Gentry: Career Stats at NFL.com". www.nfl.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ Shmelter, Richard J. (2014-04-23). The USC Trojans Football Encyclopedia. McFarland. ISBN 9781476615110.
- ^ Congress, United States (1962-01-01). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Past State Commanders Department of California" (PDF). Veterans of Foreign Wars, DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA. March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1993-01-01.
- ^ Bottoms, Bill (1991-09-01). The VFW: an illustrated history of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Woodbine House. ISBN 9780933149342.
External links
- Byron Gentry at Find a Grave
- v
- t
- e
- 17 Erny Pinckert
- 30 Johnny Baker
- Garrett Arbelbide
- Dick Barber
- Tay Brown
- Byron Gentry
- Robert McNeish
- Orville Mohler
- Jim Musick
- Aaron Rosenberg
- Gaius Shaver
- Ernie Smith
- Stan Williamson
- Head coach: Howard Jones
- Assistant coaches
- Sam Barry
- Aubrey Devine
This biographical article related to American sports is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
This biographical article relating to an American football offensive lineman born in the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e