Irv Comp Explained

Number:51
Position:Back
Birth Date:May 17, 1919
Birth Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Place:Woodruff, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lbs:204
High School:Bay View (WI)
College:Benedictine
Draftyear:1943
Draftround:3
Draftpick:23
Pastteams:
Highlights:
Statleague:NFL
Statlabel1:Passing attempts
Statvalue1:519
Statlabel2:Passing completions
Statvalue2:213
Statlabel3:Completion percentage
Statvalue3:41.0
Statlabel4:TDINT
Statvalue4:28–52
Statlabel5:Passing yards
Statvalue5:3,354
Statlabel6:Rushing yards
Statvalue6:519
Statlabel7:Rushing touchdowns
Statvalue7:7
Statlabel8:Interceptions
Statvalue8:34
Pfr:CompIr20

Irving Henry Comp Jr. (May 17, 1919 – July 11, 1989) was an American football player. He played his entire seven-year National Football League (NFL) career with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1986.

Born in the Bay View section of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Comp had sight in only one eye.[1] He attended college and played college football at Benedictine College, then known as St. Benedict's College. He graduated in 1942, and became a member of the Ravens Hall of Fame in 1988.[2]

Comp was the 23rd overall selection of the 1943 NFL draft, taken in the third round by the Packers. In his second season in 1944, he led Green Bay to their sixth league title, defeating the New York Giants in the NFL Championship Game.[3] [4] [5] When he retired, he was the alltime leader in interceptions with 34, until he was passed the following year.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Irv Comp . Christl . Cliff . Cliff Christl . Packers.com . September 20, 2023 . May 25, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230525202629/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/irv-comp . live .
  2. Web site: Raven Hall of Fame. Benedictine College. July 8, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090117145555/http://www.benedictine.edu/benedictine.aspx?pgID=1864. January 17, 2009. dead.
  3. News: Packers win pro grid title, 14-7 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . United Press . December 18, 1944 . 16.
  4. News: Breaks help Packers to pro grid title . Pittsburgh Press . United Press . Petersen . Leo H. . December 19, 1944 . 16 .
  5. News: Packers win 6th pro title by beating Giants, 14-7 . Toledo Blade . (Ohio) . INS . December 18, 1944 . 20.
  6. Web site: NFL Career Interceptions Leaders Through 1950 . .