Jay MacDowell
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| Position: | Tackle Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Born: | September 14, 1919 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | June 15, 1992 (aged 72) Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Oak Park and River Forest (Oak Park, Illinois) | ||||||||
| College: | Washington | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1941 / round: 3 / pick: 19 | ||||||||
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Jay Sidney MacDowell (September 14, 1919 – June 15, 1992) was an American football player who played tackle and end for six seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles.[1][2] He was selected by the Cleveland Rams in the first round of the 1941 NFL draft.[3]
After graduating from college, he entered the Army Air Corps as a first lieutenant and was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked Dec. 7, 1941.[4]
After the war, he did postgraduate work at Michigan State University for a year before going to play for the Philadelphia Eagles.
References
[edit]- ^ "Jay MacDowell Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "NFL Players | Past & Current NFL Players". NFL.com.
- ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "Wayback Machine: Washington's 'Strauss Boys'". Retrieved March 13, 2024.
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