George Bevan

George Bevan
Position	Linebacker
Major	Law
Personal information
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career history
College	LSU (1967–1969);
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-American (1969); First-team All-SEC (1969);

George Bevan is a former college American football player for the LSU Tigers football team. He played as a linebacker from 1967 to 1969, although he missed the majority of his first two seasons after rupturing an Achilles tendon in the 1967 season opener.^[1] As a senior in 1969, he was named a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association^[2] and Football Writers Association of America.^[3] He was a second-team selection by the Associated Press,^[4] Central Press,^[5] and Newspaper Enterprise Association.^[6] The Associated Press and United Press International each named Bevan a first-team All-Southeastern Conference linebacker.^[7]^[8]

Bevan was selected in the seventeenth round of the 1970 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills, but he did not play professionally.

References[]

^ "Bevan to Sign Autographs at Andonie Museum". lsusports.net. LSU Alumni Association. September 23, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
^ "Owens, Phipps Named To Team". Beckley (WV) Post-Herald. November 28, 1969. p. 2.
^ Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved October 5, 2015.
^ "AP's Selections For All America". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Associated Press. December 5, 1969. p. 18. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
^ Johns, Walter L. (November 24, 1969). "Central Press Captains' 1969 All-American Team". The Gaffney Ledger. Central Press. p. 5. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
^ "Steve Owens, Mike Phipps Pace NEA All-Americans". Clovis News-Journal. November 21, 1969. p. 12.
^ "Passer Reaves, Catches Alvarez All-SEC Picks". The Evening Independent. November 26, 1969.
^ David Moffet (November 21, 1969). "Archie, three sophs are in All-SEC backfield". The Delta Democrat-Times. p. 9. Retrieved June 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

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