Raleigh Drennon

Raleigh Drennon
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets No. 10; 13; 51
Position Guard
Class 1929
Career history
College Georgia Tech (19261928)
Bowl games
Personal information
Date of birth (1908-09-21)September 21, 1908
Place of birth Atlanta, Georgia
Date of death February, 1965
Place of death Norfolk, Virginia
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career highlights and awards

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

Georgia Tech

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

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

  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.


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