Jay MacDowell
American football player (1919–1992)
Date of birth | (1919-09-14)September 14, 1919 |
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Place of birth | Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
Date of death | June 15, 1992(1992-06-15) (aged 72) |
Place of death | Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Position(s) | Wide receiver |
US college | Washington |
NFL draft | 1941 / Round: 3 / Pick: 19 |
Drafted by | Cleveland Rams[1] |
Career history | |
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1946–1951 | Philadelphia Eagles |
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Jay Sidney MacDowell (September 14, 1919 – June 15, 1992) was an American football player who played tackle and end for six seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles.[2][3] He was selected by the Cleveland Rams in the first round of the 1941 NFL draft.[4]
After graduating from college, he entered the Army Air Corps as a first lieutenant and was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked Dec. 7, 1941.[5]
After the war, he did postgraduate work at Michigan State University for a year before going to play for the Philadelphia Eagles.
References
- ^ "1941 Cleveland Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
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- ^ "NFL Players | Past & Current NFL Players".
- ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "Wayback Machine: Washington's 'Strauss Boys'". Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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Cleveland Rams 1941 NFL draft selections
- Rudy Mucha
- Abe Shires
- Jay MacDowell
- Walt (Butch) Luther
- Chet Haliski
- Jim Kisselburgh
- Ray Prochaska
- Tony Gallovich
- Milt Simington
- John Pendergast
- Nick Drahos
- Harold Punches
- Bill McMurray
- Bill Elmore
- Warren Densmore
- Gordon Wilson
- Kirk Hershey
- Cobbie Lee
- Harold Hursh
- Leo Barnes
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