Harrison Stafford
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Position: | Halfback, wingback / defensive back | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | Wharton, Texas, U.S. | June 18, 1912||||||||||||||
Died: | November 23, 2004 Edna, Texas, U.S. | (aged 92)||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Wharton (TX) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Texas | ||||||||||||||
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Albert Harrison "Harry" Stafford (June 18, 1912 – November 23, 2004) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975 after a stellar college career at the University of Texas.[1]
After playing the 1931 and 1932 seasons withe Texas, Stafford transferred to West Point and attempted to make the squad in 1933 with Army, but failed to make the grade academically so in 1934 he pursued a career in professional football.[2] Stafford played only one season in the NFL, starting three games for the New York Giants.
References
[edit]- ^ "HARRY STAFFORD". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ^ Harold "Speed" Johnson (ed.), Who's Who in Major League Football: 1935 Edition. Chicago: B.E. Callahan, 1935; p. 12.
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Categories:
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- People from Wharton, Texas
- Players of American football from Texas
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