Raleigh Drennon
American football player (1908–1965)
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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets – No. 10; 13; 51 | |
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Position | Guard |
Class | 1929 |
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Born: | (1908-09-21)September 21, 1908 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Died: | February, 1965 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Georgia Tech (1926–1928) |
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Raleigh Eugene Drennon (September 21, 1908 – February, 1965) was a college football player.
Georgia Tech
Drennon was a prominent guard for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Drennon is a member of the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame.[1]
1928
Drennon was a member of the national champion 1928 team, selected All-Southern that year.[2] Coach William Alexander called him the "best all around guard that ever put a cleat into Grant Field."[3][4]
He received an appointment to West Point in 1930.[5]
References
- ^ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame".
- ^ "All Southern Selections". The Kingsport Times. December 7, 1928.
- ^ "Meet the Georgia Tech Varsity". Berkeley Daily Gazette. December 26, 1928.
- ^ "Georgia Tech Team That Will Play California". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 24, 1928. p. 5. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raleigh Drennon". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. April 4, 1930.
External links
- Raleigh Drennon at Find a Grave
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1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football—national champions
- 5 Tom Jones
- 10 Raleigh Drennon
- 15 Peter Pund
- 38 Vance Maree
- 48 Frank Speer
- 59 Father Lumpkin
- 67 Warner Mizell
- 70 Frank Waddey
- 71 Stumpy Thomason
- Head coach
- William Alexander
- Assistant coaches
- Bill Fincher
- Don Miller
- Mack Tharpe
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