Virgil Rayburn
Position: | E |
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Born: | Pulaski, Tennessee | August 4, 1910
Died: | June 15, 1991 Osceola, Arkansas | (aged 80)
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) |
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High school: | Dyersburg |
College: | University of Tennessee |
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Virgil Homer "Van" Rayburn (August 4, 1910 – June 15, 1991) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL).[1][2] Rayburn played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee, where he was selected All-Southern.[3][4] Rayburn was also selected a second-team All-American by the New York Sun.[5] He played one year for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
References[]
- ^ "Van Rayburn". Archived from the original on December 23, 2014.
- ^ "Van Rayburn NFL Football Statistics".
- ^ "All-Southern 11 Is Picked". Ironwood Daily Globe. December 1, 1932.
- ^ Dillon Graham (December 1, 1932). "Zimmerman, Hitchcock, and Gracey Lead Poll Among Sport Writers". The Evening Independent.
- ^ "An All American Team: New York Sun Selects Two Players from Army and Purdue". Emporia Gazette. November 26, 1932.
Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1991 deaths
- Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players
- American football ends
- People from Pulaski, Tennessee
- All-Southern college football players
- Tennessee Volunteers football players
- Players of American football from Tennessee
- College football player stubs