Alex Drobnitch
| Personal information | |
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| Born: | November 25, 1913 Colorado |
| Died: | June 6, 1960 (aged 46) Greeley, Colorado |
| Weight: | 189[1] lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Denver |
| Position: | Guard |
| NFL draft: | 1937 / round: 5 / pick: 41 |
| Career history | |
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Alex Lewis Drobnitch (November 25, 1913 – June 6, 1960) was an American football player. Drobntich was raised on a farm near Eaton, Colorado.[2] He played college football for the Denver Pioneers football team and was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team guard on the 1936 College Football All-America Team.[3][4] He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1937 NFL Draft.[5] He later played professional football for the New York Yanks in 1937, the Buffalo Indians in 1940, and the New York Americans in 1941.[6] He was inducted into the University of Denver Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.[2]
References
- ^ 1936 University of Denver yearbook (Kynewisbok), p. 129
- ^ a b "University of Denver Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 1996". University of Denver. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
- ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1169. ISBN 1401337031.
- ^ "Goddard of Washington State and Drobnitch of Denver Westerners on NEA All-America". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 26, 1936. p. 9.
- ^ "1937 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ "Alex Drobnitch". Oldest Living Pro Football Players. Retrieved January 19, 2015.