Frank Emmons
Position: | Fullback | ||||||
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Born: | Portland, Oregon | September 17, 1918||||||
Died: | November 5, 2005 Edmonds, Washington | (aged 87)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Beaverton (OR) | ||||||
College: | Oregon | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1940 / Round: 5 / Pick: 32 | ||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Franklin Boone Emmons (September 17, 1918 – November 5, 2005) was an American football fullback who played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) for one season in 1940. He played college football at Oregon before being selected by the Eagles in the fifth round of the 1940 NFL Draft.
After playing for the Eagles as a rookie in 1940, the team moved to Pittsburgh in a series of transactions known as the Pennsylvania Polka and became the Pittsburgh Steelers.[1] He did not play for the Steelers in 1941, however, and retired shortly after. He served in World War II for the United States Army Air Forces.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Braunwart, Bob, Carroll, Bob, and Joe Horrigan (1982). "Pennsylvania Polka" (PDF). profootballresearchers.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ "WW II Honor Roll". ProFootballHOF.com. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ "Frank Emmons". ProFootballArchives.com. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2005 deaths
- American football fullbacks
- Oregon Ducks football players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon
- Players of American football from Oregon
- United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II