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American football player, coach, and administrator (1921–2002)

Pat Preston
Career information
Date of birth	(1921-06-15)June 15, 1921
Place of birth	Kernersville, North Carolina, U.S.
Date of death	June 23, 2002(2002-06-23) (aged 81)
Place of death	Mount Airy, North Carolina, U.S.
Position(s)	Guard
US college	Duke Wake Forest
NFL draft	1943 / round: 17
Career history
As player
1946–1949	Chicago Bears

Career highlights and awards
NFL champion (1946) First-team All-American (1943) 2× First-team All-SoCon (1942, 1943)

Paddison Wade "Pat" Preston (June 15, 1921 – June 23, 2002) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He played professionally as a guard for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Bears. Preston served as the athletic director at Wake Forest University from 1954 to 1955.

References

Pat Preston NFL & AFL Football Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com

External links

Pat Preston at Find a Grave

v t e Wake Forest Demon Deacons athletic directors
James L. White (1920–1921) Phil Utley (1922–1923) Hank Garrity (1923–1926) Jim Weaver (1937–1954) Pat Preston (1954–1955) Bill Gibson (1956–1963) Gene Hooks (1964–1992) Ron Wellman (1992–2019) John Currie (2019– )

v t e Chicago Bears 1943 NFL draft selections
Bob Steuber Fred Evans Ed Stamm Derrell Palmer Milt Vucinich Alyn Beals Jim Jurkovich Walt Lamb Ray (Duke) Hammett Al Zikmund Clark Wood Loyd Arms Lyle Sturdy Buddy Tomlinson Pat Preston Hank Norberg Pat Lyons Marion Butler Al Santucci Bill Johnson Wally Boudreau Bob Baumann Elwood Holtscher Ben Keller Charley Block Ted Brannon Lou Wayne Dick Creevy Bill Bluffington Woody Peterson

Chicago Bears 1943 NFL draft selections

Bob Steuber
Fred Evans
Ed Stamm
Derrell Palmer
Milt Vucinich
Alyn Beals
Jim Jurkovich
Walt Lamb
Ray (Duke) Hammett
Al Zikmund
Clark Wood
Loyd Arms
Lyle Sturdy
Buddy Tomlinson
Pat Preston
Hank Norberg
Pat Lyons
Marion Butler
Al Santucci
Bill Johnson
Wally Boudreau
Bob Baumann
Elwood Holtscher
Ben Keller
Charley Block
Ted Brannon
Lou Wayne
Dick Creevy
Bill Bluffington
Woody Peterson

v t e Chicago Bears 1946 NFL champions
Al Baisi Connie Mack Berry Ray Bray Stu Clarkson Fred Davis Chuck Drulis Tom Farris John Federovitch Aldo Forte Hugh Gallarneau Bill Geyer Mike Jarmoluk Ken Kavanaugh Jim Keane Ed Kolman Walt Lamb Sid Luckman Dante Magnani Bob Margarita Frank Maznicki George McAfee Ray McLean Rudy Mucha Noah Mullins Bill Osmanski Joe Osmanski Don Perkins Pat Preston Lloyd Reese John Schiechl Dick Schweidler Ed Sprinkle Walt Stickel Joe Stydahar Bulldog Turner George Wilson Head coach: George Halas

Chicago Bears 1946 NFL champions

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