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Raleigh Drennon

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Raleigh Drennon
Drennon in 1927
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets – No. 10; 13; 51
PositionGuard
Class1929
Personal information
Born:(1908-09-21)September 21, 1908
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died:February, 1965
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career history
CollegeGeorgia Tech (1926–1928)
Bowl games
Career highlights and awards

Raleigh Eugene Drennon (September 21, 1908 – February, 1965) was a college football player.

Georgia Tech

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Drennon was a prominent guard for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Drennon is a member of the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame.[1]

1928

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Drennon was a member of the national champion 1928 team, selected All-Southern that year.[2] Coach William Alexander called him the "best all around guard that ever put a cleat into Grant Field."[3][4]

He received an appointment to West Point in 1930.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame".
  2. ^ "All Southern Selections". The Kingsport Times. December 7, 1928.
  3. ^ "Meet the Georgia Tech Varsity". Berkeley Daily Gazette. December 26, 1928.
  4. ^ "Georgia Tech Team That Will Play California". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 24, 1928. p. 5. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Raleigh Drennon". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. April 4, 1930.
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