Walt Cassidy | |
Position: | End |
Birth Date: | 3 January 1901 |
Birth Place: | Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | English Channel |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lbs: | 200 |
College: | Detroit Mercy |
Pastteams: | |
Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 5 |
Pfr: | C/CassWa20 |
Walter Charles Cassidy (January 31, 1901 - December 27, 1944) was a player in the National Football League. He played with the Kenosha Maroons during the 1924 NFL season.[1]
Cassidy enlisted in the Army in Toledo on July 27, 1942.[2] He joined the Army Air Forces and rose to the rank of staff sergeant.[3] On December 27, 1944, Cassidy was one of three fatalities aboard a Douglas C-47 Skytrain when it crashed into the English Channel.