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Born: | (1913-10-20)October 20, 1913 Brawley, Arkansas, U.S. | ||||||
Died: | February 10, 1992(1992-02-10) (aged 78) Paso Robles, California, U.S. | ||||||
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College: | USC | ||||||
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Byron Burk Gentry (October 20, 1913 – February 10, 1992) was an American professional football guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Gentry played college football at the University of Southern California where he was also a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. At USC, he played on the 1931 and 1932 Rose Bowl championship teams. He was a decorated soldier, rising to the rank of Capitan, and serving as an intelligence officer in World War II. He later was a state and national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Gentry's post-football career was in the law and he was city attorney of Pasadena, California for sixteen years. He was also a published writer and poet.
References
- Byron Gentry at Find a Grave
- Maxymuk, John (March 29, 2005). Uniform Numbers of the NFL: All-Time Rosters, Facts and Figures. McFarland. ISBN 9781476603988.
- "Byron Gentry: Career Stats at NFL.com". www.nfl.com. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- Shmelter, Richard J. (April 23, 2014). The USC Trojans Football Encyclopedia. McFarland. ISBN 9781476615110.
- Congress, United States (January 1, 1962). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- "Past State Commanders Department of California" (PDF). Veterans of Foreign Wars, DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA. March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. January 1, 1993.
- Bottoms, Bill (September 1, 1991). The VFW: an illustrated history of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Woodbine House. ISBN 9780933149342.
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