Dana Carey
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| Born: | February 3, 1903 California |
| Died: | March 22, 1976 (age 73) Napa County, California |
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| College: | California |
| Position: | Guard |
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Henry Dana Carey (February 3, 1903 – March 22, 1976) was an American football player. A native of California, Carey attended the University of California, Berkeley. He played college football for the California Golden Bears football team and was selected by Liberty as a first-team player on the 1925 College Football All-America Team. He also received All-American honors in 1925 from the Associated Press (3rd team), the All-America Board (2nd team), and Collier's Weekly (2nd team).[1] While in college he was initiated into Sigma Pi fraternity.[2] In 1926, he played professional football for the Los Angeles Wildcats in the first American Football League.[3]
After leaving football he became a dentist in Berkeley, California.[4] He died in 1976 and was buried at Sunset View Cemetery in El Cerrito, California.[5]
References
- ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1157. ISBN 1401337031.
- ^ Langhammer, Jay (Fall 1985). "Sigma Pis in Pro Football" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 74, no. 3. p. 21.
- ^ "Dana Carey". databasefootball.com. databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "Alumni News". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 33, no. 4. February 1947. p. 174.
- ^ "H. Dana Carey". Find-a-Grave.com. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
