Charley Seabright

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Charley Seabright
No. 33
Born:February 13, 1918
Wheeling, West Virginia
Died:March 18, 1981(1981-03-18) (aged 63)
Bridgeport, Ohio
Career information
Position(s)Halfback, Quarterback
CollegeWest Virginia
High schoolBenwood Union (WV)
Career history
As player
1941Cleveland Rams
1946–1950Pittsburgh Steelers

Charles Edward Seabright (February 13, 1918 – March 18, 1981) was an American Football player from Wheeling, West Virginia, where he spent the majority of his professional career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[1] Seabright played both offense and defense with the Steelers from 1946–1950, including stints as the starting quarterback.[2][3] Seabright started every game for the 1947 Steelers in a season that ended in a one-game playoff to eventual champion Philadelphia.[4] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette considered Seabright, who wore number 33, a star player during the championship run.[4] Seabright was one of the last NFL players to play both offense and defense.[5] In addition, Seabright is recognized as being the last professional football player to be a quarterback in the "single-wing" formation, the precursor to the T-formation regularly used by all NFL teams.[6] Seabright began his professional football career with the Cleveland Rams in 1941. However, he left football from 1942-1944 to serve in combat in World War II.

College career[]

Seabright attended West Virginia University (1938–1941) where he is considered one of the two best players from that era, the other being Harry Clarke who went on to be a championship quarterback with the Chicago Bears. Seabright was inducted into the WVU Hall of Fame in 2004.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2009-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 6, 1948 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3hENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1750,435901&dq=charley-seabright+and+steelers
  3. ^ See Also https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6eQMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=imoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1757,4062131&dq=charley-seabright+and+steelers
  4. ^ a b "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
  5. ^ a b http://www.msnsportsnet.com/content/Football-16.pdf
  6. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w9wVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6914,3934539&dq=seabright+and+steelers+and+basketball
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