Bert Baston

Bert Baston
Personal information
Born:(1894-12-03)December 3, 1894
St. Louis Park, Minnesota, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school:St. Louis Park
College:Minnesota (1914–1916)
Position:End
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career APFC statistics
Games played:8
Games started:7
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Albert Preston Baston (December 3, 1894 – November 16, 1979) was an American football end who played for the Cleveland Tigers of the American Professional Football Conference (APFC) for one season. He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, where he was an All-American and one of the first great catchers of the forward pass.[1] He was awarded the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism" in World War I. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954

  1. ^ "Footballetter" (PDF). October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2015.