| Position: | Guard |
| Number: | 18 |
| Birth Date: | 20 October 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Brawley, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Paso Robles, California, U.S. |
| College: | USC |
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| Statlabel1: | Games played |
| Statvalue1: | 25 |
| Statlabel2: | Games started |
| Statvalue2: | 24 |
| Pfr: | GentBy20 |
Byron Burk Gentry (October 20, 1913February 10, 1992) was an American professional football guard[1] in the National Football League (NFL). He played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates.[2]
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.[3] He was a decorated soldier, rising to the rank of Capitan,[4] and serving as an intelligence officer in World War II. He later was a state and national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.[5] [6] 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.[7]