Charley Seabright Explained

Charlie Seabright
Birth Date:February 13, 1918
Birth Place:Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Bridgeport, Ohio, U.S.
Number:25, 33
Position1:Halfback, Quarterback
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:204
High School:Benwood Union (WV)
College:West Virginia
Playing Years1:1941
Playing Team1:Cleveland Rams
Playing Years2:1946–1950
Playing Team2:Pittsburgh Steelers
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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.

College career

Seabright attended West Virginia University (1938–1941) where he is considered one of the two best players from that era, the other being Harry Clarke who went on to be a championship quarterback with the Chicago Bears. Seabright was inducted into the WVU Hall of Fame in 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charlie Seabright Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College . 2023-03-31 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . en.
  2. Web site: MSNsportsNET.Com -- West Virginia University Mountaineers . 2009-06-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100201085940/http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?section=12165 . 2010-02-01 . dead .
  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. Web site: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search.
  6. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-06-02 . 2005-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050529130544/http://www.msnsportsnet.com/content/Football-16.pdf . dead .
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w9wVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6914,3934539&dq=seabright+and+steelers+and+basketball