Chet Gladchuk
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Position: | Center Guard Tackle | ||||||||
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Born: | Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. | April 4, 1917||||||||
Died: | September 4, 1967 Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 50)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 248 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Warren Harding (Bridgeport) | ||||||||
College: | Boston College | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1941: 2nd round, 12th pick | ||||||||
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Chester Stephen Gladchuk Sr. (April 4, 1917 – September 4, 1967) was an American professional football player who was a center for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Boston College Eagles, earning first-team All-American from the Associated Press in 1940. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 1941 NFL draft.[1] 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Chet Gladchuk at Find a Grave
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- 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
- Players of American football from Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Coaches of American football from Connecticut
- 20th-century American sportsmen
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- American football offensive lineman, 1910s birth stubs