Plato Andros | |
Number: | 68 |
Position: | Guard |
Birth Date: | 28 November 1921 |
Birth Place: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Death Place: | Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 240 |
College: | Oklahoma |
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Pfr: | AndrPl20 |
Plato Gus Andrecopoulos (November 28, 1921 – September 22, 2008) an American professional football player who was a guard for four seasons with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, earning second-team All-American honors. Andros spent four years in the United States Coast Guard fighting German submarines before coming back to earn All-American honors as a Sooner in 1946. He played in the NFL for the Chicago from 1947 to 1950.
Plato's brother, Dee Andros, was also a star lineman at Oklahoma and later served as the head football coach and athletic director at Oregon State University.[1] In addition to football, Andros was a member of the Oklahoma track team.[2]