Raleigh Drennon

American football player (1908–1965)

Raleigh Drennon

Drennon in 1927

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets – No. 10; 13; 51
Position| Guard
Class| 1929
Personal information
Born:| (1908-09-21)September 21, 1908
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died:| February, 1965
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Height| 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight| 180 lb (82 kg)
Career history
College| Georgia Tech (1926-1928)
Bowl games|

* Rose Bowl (1929)

Career highlights and awards

* National champion (1928)
* SoCon champion (1927, 1928)
* All-Southern (1927, 1928)
* Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame

Raleigh Eugene Drennon (September 21, 1908 - February, 1965) was a college football player.

## Georgia Tech

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Drennon was a prominent guard for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Drennon is a member of the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame.[1]

### 1928

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Drennon was a member of the national champion 1928 team, selected All-Southern that year.[2] Coach William Alexander called him the "best all around guard that ever put a cleat into Grant Field."[3][4]

He received an appointment to West Point in 1930.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame".
2. ^ "All Southern Selections". The Kingsport Times. December 7, 1928.
3. ^ "Meet the Georgia Tech Varsity". Berkeley Daily Gazette. December 26, 1928.
4. ^ "Georgia Tech Team That Will Play California". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 24, 1928. p. 5. Retrieved March 3, 2015 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Raleigh Drennon". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. April 4, 1930.

## External links

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* Raleigh Drennon at Find a Grave

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1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football—national champions

* 5 Tom Jones
* 10 Raleigh Drennon
* 15 Peter Pund
* 38 Vance Maree
* 48 Frank Speer
* 59 Father Lumpkin
* 67 Warner Mizell
* 70 Frank Waddey
* 71 Stumpy Thomason

Head coach
William Alexander
Assistant coaches
Bill Fincher
Don Miller
Mack Tharpe

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1928 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections

Backfield|

* QB Clyde Crabtree
* HB Warner Mizell
* HB Bill Banker
* FB Gerald Snyder

Line|

* E Dale Van Sickel
* E Dick Abernathy
* T Frank Speer
* T Jess Tinsley
* G Fred Vaughan
* G Raleigh Drennon
* C Peter Pund

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