Wayne Gift

Wayne Gift
No. 3
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1915-10-21)October 21, 1915
Place of birth: Medina, Ohio
Date of death: February 13, 1998(1998-02-13) (aged 82)
Place of death: Louisville, Kentucky
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight: 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school: Canton (OH) McKinley
College: Purdue
Career history
As player:
As coach:
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Leland Wayne Gift (October 21, 1915 – February 13, 1998) was an American football quarterback who played one season with the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Purdue where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity.[1] He attended Canton McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio.[2]

Professional career

Cleveland Rams

Gift played in ten games, starting one, for the Cleveland Rams in 1937.[2]

Coaching career

Gift was an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference during the 1947 season.[3]

References

  1. http://www.enivation.com/SigmaPi/archive/Emerald/1985/SP_EMERALD_VOL_74_NO_3_FALL_1985.pdf, Pg. 21
  2. 1 2 "WAYNE GIFT". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  3. "WAYNE GIFT". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved October 9, 2015.

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