Charley Seabright

Charlie Seabright
No. 25, 33
Born:February 13, 1918
Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.
Died:March 18, 1981(1981-03-18) (aged 63)
Bridgeport, Ohio, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)Halfback, Quarterback
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight204 lb (93 kg)
CollegeWest Virginia
High schoolBenwood Union (WV)
Career history
As player
1941Cleveland Rams
1946–1950Pittsburgh Steelers

Charles Edward Seabright (February 13, 1918 – March 18, 1981) was an American football player from Wheeling, West Virginia, where he spent the majority of his professional career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[1][2] Seabright played both offense and defense with the Steelers from 1946–1950, including stints as the starting quarterback.[3][4] Seabright started every game for the 1947 Steelers in a season that ended in a one-game playoff to eventual champion Philadelphia.[5] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette considered Seabright, who wore number 33, a star player during the championship run.[5] Seabright was one of the last NFL players to play both offense and defense.[6] In addition, Seabright is recognized as being the last professional football player to be a quarterback in the "single-wing" formation, the precursor to the T-formation regularly used by all NFL teams.[7] Seabright began his professional football career with the Cleveland Rams in 1941. However, he left football from 1942-1944 to serve in combat in World War II.

  1. ^ "Charlie Seabright Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  2. ^ "MSNsportsNET.Com -- West Virginia University Mountaineers". Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  3. ^ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 6, 1948 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3hENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1750,435901&dq=charley-seabright+and+steelers
  4. ^ See Also https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6eQMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=imoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1757,4062131&dq=charley-seabright+and+steelers
  5. ^ a b "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 29, 2005. Retrieved June 2, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w9wVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6914,3934539&dq=seabright+and+steelers+and+basketball [dead link]