Chet Gladchuk
Appearance
Date of birth | April 4, 1917 |
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Place of birth | Bridgeport, Connecticut |
Date of death | September 4, 1967 | (aged 50)
Place of death | Northampton, Massachusetts |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Center |
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
Weight | 248 lb (112 kg) |
US college | Boston College |
NFL draft | 1941 / round: 2 / pick: 12 (By the Pittsburgh Steelers) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1941–1947 | New York Giants |
1949 | Montreal Alouettes |
Honors | Grey Cup champion (1949) |
Career stats | |
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Chester Stephen Gladchuk, Sr. (April 4, 1917 – September 4, 1967) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He played college football at Boston College and was selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press in 1940. He was drafted in the second round of the 1941 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. After playing seven seasons for the New York Giants and after taking a season off, Gladchuk joined the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in 1949, played a full 12-game season, and helped win the Larks first Grey Cup. Gladchuk was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975.
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- 1917 births
- 1967 deaths
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- Boston College Eagles football players
- Bridgeport Purple Knights football coaches
- Montreal Alouettes players
- New York Giants players
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Sportspeople from Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Players of American football from Connecticut
- Grey Cup champions
- College football stubs
- American football offensive lineman, 1910s birth stubs