Alex Drobnitch Explained

Alex Drobnitch
Position:Guard
Birth Date:25 November 1913
Birth Place:Colorado, U.S.
Death Place:Greeley, Colorado, U.S.
Weight Lbs:189 [1]
College:Denver
Draftyear:1937
Draftround:5
Draftpick:41
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Alex Lewis Drobnitch (November 25, 1913 – June 6, 1960) was an American football player. Drobntich was raised on a farm near Eaton, Colorado. He played college football for the Denver Pioneers football team and was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team guard on the 1936 College Football All-America Team.[2] [3] He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1937 NFL Draft.[4] He later played professional football for the New York Yanks in 1937, the Buffalo Indians in 1940, and the New York Americans in 1941.[5] He was inducted into the University of Denver Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.[6]

Notes and References

  1. 1936 University of Denver yearbook (Kynewisbok), p. 129
  2. Book: ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. 1169. ESPN Books. 2005. 1401337031.
  3. News: Goddard of Washington State and Drobnitch of Denver Westerners on NEA All-America. Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 26, 1936. 9.
  4. Web site: 1937 NFL Draft Listing . 2023-03-21 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . en.
  5. Web site: Alex Drobnitch. Oldest Living Pro Football Players. January 19, 2015.
  6. Web site: University of Denver Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 1996. University of Denver. 2015-01-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20140810123615/http://www.denverpioneers.com/sports/athletics/spec-rel/062907aar.html. 2014-08-10. dead.