Osborne Helveston

Osborne Helveston

Date of birth	December 5, 1913
Place of birth	Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Date of death	September 2, 1961 (age 47)
Place of death	Zachary, Louisiana
Career information
Position(s)	Guard
College	Louisiana State University
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-American (1935)

Osborne Milsted "Butch" Helveston, Sr. (December 5, 1913 – September 2, 1961), sometimes listed as Osborn Helveston, was an American football player. He was born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and attended Louisiana State University. He played college football at the guard position for the LSU Tigers football team was selected by the Central Press Association as a first-team guard on the 1935 College Football All-America Team.^[1][2] He died of a heart attack in 1961 at age 47 and was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976.^[3]

References

1. Bill Braucher (1935-12-08). "SOUTH LEADS OTHER SECTIONS - ALL AMERICA: 54~Captains Select Central Press All-American Teams". Kingsport Times.
2. Bill Braucher, "Lutz Again Chosen For All-America Honors In Poll of Grid Captains," Berkeley Daily Gazette (December 13, 1935). Retrieved September 29, 2014.
3. "LSU Athletic Hall of Fame Members". LSU Athletics.