Harvey Hardy

Harvey Hardy
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	Guard
Personal information
	Date of birth: November 27, 1922
	Place of birth: Thomaston, Georgia
	Date of death: September 15, 1992 (aged 69)
	Place of death: Lakeland, Florida
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Weight: 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
	College: Georgia Tech
	NFL Draft: 1943 / Round: 26 / Pick: 243
	No regular season or postseason appearances
Career history
	Brooklyn Dodgers (1943); Offseason and/or practice squad only

Harvey Boland Hardy (November 27, 1922 – September 15, 1992^[1]) was an American football player who played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team, was a consensus All-American, and was an MVP of the 1943 Cotton Bowl Classic.^[2]^[3]

Hardy was selected as the 243rd pick of the 1943 NFL Draft (round 26, pick 3) by the Brooklyn Dodgers but did not play professionally.^[4] He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1961.^[5] He was elected to the Alabama Community College Conference Hall of Fame in 1990.^[6]

Hardy was in the Southeastern Conference Football Officials Association from 1957 to 1981, and officiated 23 bowl games.^[6]

References [edit]

^ "Notebook". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. September 17, 1992. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
^ "Georgia Tech All-Time Team". Athlon Sports. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
^ "1943 Cotton Bowl: Texas 14, Georgia Tech 7". mackbrown-texasfootball.com. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
^ "1943 NFL Player Draft". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
^ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". RamblinWreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
^ ^a ^b "Harvey Boland Hardy - 1990". Alabama Community College Conference. acccsports.org. Retrieved 2007-10-08.

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