Abe Shires
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| Born: | February 12, 1917 Tackle |
| NFL draft: | 1941 / Round: 2 / Pick: 14 (by the Cleveland Rams)[1] |
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
Marshall Abraham Shires (February 12, 1917 – July 23, 1993) was an
1941 NFL Draft.[5] However, due to military service during World War II, Shires did not make his debut in the National Football League until the 1945 NFL season and as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.[6] He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[3]
References
- ^ "1941 Cleveland Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Johns, Walter L. (December 10, 1940). "Captains Pick All-America for Central Press; Reinhard on List". Berkeley Daily Gazette. Retrieved March 14, 2024 – via Google News.
- ^ a b "Marshall Abe Shire". Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "Abe Shires". University of Tennessee. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "Abe Shires Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2024.