Virgil Rayburn

Virgil Rayburn
Personal information
Born:	August 4, 1910; Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S.
Died:	June 15, 1991 (aged 80); Osceola, Arkansas, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:	Dyersburg
College:	University of Tennessee
Position:	End
Career history
	Tennessee Volunteers (1930–32); Brooklyn Dodgers (1933);
Career highlights and awards
	Championships 1 SoCon (1932); Honors Second-team All-American (1932); First-team All-SoCon (1932);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Virgil Homer "Van" Rayburn (August 4, 1910 – June 15, 1991) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL).^[1]^[2] Rayburn played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee, where he was selected All-Southern.^[3]^[4] Rayburn was also selected a second-team All-American by the New York Sun.^[5] He played one year for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1933 season.

References

^ "Van Rayburn". Database Football. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014.
^ "Van Rayburn Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
^ "All-Southern 11 Is Picked". Ironwood Daily Globe. December 1, 1932.
^ Graham, Dillon (December 1, 1932). "Zimmerman, Hitchcock, and Gracey Lead Poll Among Sport Writers". The Evening Independent – via Google News.
^ "An All American Team: New York Sun Selects Two Players from Army and Purdue". Emporia Gazette. November 26, 1932.

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v t e 1932 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections
Backfield	QB Jimmy Hitchcock HB Don Zimmerman HB Beattie Feathers FB Johnny Cain
Line	E Virgil Rayburn E David Ariail T Tex Leyendecker T Fred Crawford G Thomas Hupke G John Scafide C Clarence Gracey