Byron Gentry

Byron Gentry
No. 18
Position:Guard
Personal information
Born:(1913-10-20)October 20, 1913
Brawley, Arkansas, U.S.
Died:February 10, 1992(1992-02-10) (aged 78)
Paso Robles, California, U.S.
Career information
College:USC
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:25
Games started:24
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Byron Burk Gentry (October 20, 1913 – February 10, 1992)[1] was a professional American football guard[2] in the National Football League (NFL). He played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates.[3]

Gentry played college football at the University of Southern California where he was also a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. At USC, he played on the 1931 and 1932 Rose Bowl championship teams.[4] He was a decorated soldier, rising to the rank of Capitan,[5] and serving as an intelligence officer in World War II. He later was a state and national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.[6][7] Gentry's post-football career was in the law and he was city attorney of Pasadena, California for sixteen years. He was also a published writer and poet.[8]

  1. ^ Byron Gentry at Find a Grave Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Maxymuk, John (March 29, 2005). Uniform Numbers of the NFL: All-Time Rosters, Facts and Figures. McFarland. ISBN 9781476603988.
  3. ^ "Byron Gentry: Career Stats at NFL.com". www.nfl.com. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  4. ^ Shmelter, Richard J. (April 23, 2014). The USC Trojans Football Encyclopedia. McFarland. ISBN 9781476615110.
  5. ^ Congress, United States (January 1, 1962). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  6. ^ "Past State Commanders Department of California" (PDF). Veterans of Foreign Wars, DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA. March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  7. ^ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. January 1, 1993.
  8. ^ Bottoms, Bill (September 1, 1991). The VFW: an illustrated history of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Woodbine House. ISBN 9780933149342.