| Dale Gentry | |
|---|---|
| File:Dale Gentry.jpg | |
| Born |
July 2, 1917 Umapine, Oregon |
| Died |
June 27, 1968 (aged 50) Portland, Oregon |
Dale LuAuverene Gentry (July 2, 1917 – June 27, 1968) was an American football end.[1]
Born in Umapine, Oregon, Gentry graduated from Walla Walla High School in Walla Walla, Washington. He played college football at Washington State College in Pullman under head coach Babe Hollingbery,[2] and was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team end on the All-Pacific Coast team in 1941. Gentry also played baseball and basketball for the Cougars.[1][3]
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II,[3] and played on the Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team.[1]
Gentry played professional football in the All-America Football Conference for the Los Angeles Dons from 1946 to 1948. He appeared in 42 games, 27 as a starter, and caught 74 passes for 1,001 yards and five touchdowns.[2] He also played professional basketball with the Spokane Blazers of the Pacific Coast Basketball League.[3] Gentry was an assistant at his alma mater under head coach Al Kircher in the 1950s,[4] and later the athletic director at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla.[1]
Gentry died at age fifty in Portland, Oregon, from a heart attack, one day after his teenage son was killed in an automobile accident.[1][3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Dale Gentry dies at 50". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). June 28, 1968. p. 15. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cGtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-PcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7118%2C3489760.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dale Gentry Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GentDa20.htm. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Dale Gentry". Peach Basket Society. http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2017/05/dale-gentry.html. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ↑ "Ready for work". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). September 1, 1954. p. 21. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6vlXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mvYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5702%2C314897.
External links[]
- Dale Gentry at Find a Grave
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