Raleigh Drennon

Raleigh Drennon
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets No. 10; 13; 51
Position Guard
Class 1929
Career history
College Georgia Tech (1926–1928)
Bowl games
Personal information
Date of birth (1908-09-21)September 21, 1908
Place of birth Atlanta, Georgia
Date of death February, 1965
Place of death Norfolk, Virginia
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career highlights and awards

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

  1. ↑ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame".
  2. ↑ "All Southern Selections". The Kingsport Times. December 7, 1928.
  3. ↑ "Meet the Georgia Tech Varsity". Berkeley Daily Gazette. December 26, 1928.
  4. ↑ "Georgia Tech Team That Will Play California". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 24, 1928. p. 5. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Raleigh Drennon". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. April 4, 1930.


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