| Milton Leathers | |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Winder, Georgia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Athens, Georgia, U.S. |
| Currentposition: | Guard |
| Currentnumber: | 42; 35; 13 |
| Class: | Graduate |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 200 |
| Highschool: | Athens |
| Pastschools: | Georgia (1929 - 1931) |
| School: | Georgia Bulldogs |
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Leonidus Milton "Red" Leathers, Jr. (December 16, 1908 - March 3, 2000) was a college football player.
L. Milton Leathers was born to Leonidus Milton Leathers, Sr. and Lottie Honea in Winder, Georgia. He was a resident of Athens, Georgia ever since he was 1 year of age.[1] As an athlete at Athens High School he was the only one to letter in all four sports: football, basketball, baseball, and track.[1]
"Red" Leathers was a prominent guard for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia from 1929 to 1931. He made an all-time Georgia Bulldogs football team picked in 1935.[2]
He was a part of the team which beat Yale at Sanford Stadium in the school's first trip south on October 12, 1929.[1] The other guard was also called "Red" - Ralph Maddox. On that game he said "I doubt they [Yale] have ever come to the South to play football. I'd bet as far south as they had gone before was Philadelphia."[3]
He was selected All-Southern in 1930 and 1931.[4] In 1931 he was selected a second-team All-American by the International News Service.[5]
Leathers played for a short time with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) in 1933.[6]