Irv Comp

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Irv Comp
No. 51
Position:
Benedictine
NFL draft:1943 / Round: 3 / Pick: 23
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Passing attempts:519
Passing completions:213
Completion percentage:41.0
Interceptions:
34
Player stats at PFR

Irving Henry Comp Jr. (May 17, 1919 - July 11, 1989) was an American football player. He played his entire seven-year National Football League (NFL) career with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1986. Comp holds the record for the Packers most interceptions in a season of 10 in 1943.

Born in the

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Comp had sight in only one eye.[1] He attended college and played college football at Benedictine College, then known as St. Benedict's College. He graduated in 1942, and became a member of the Ravens Hall of Fame in 1988.[2]

Comp was the 23rd overall selection of the

third round by the Packers. In his second season in 1944, he led Green Bay to their sixth league title, defeating the New York Giants in the NFL Championship Game.[3][4][5] When he retired, he was the alltime leader in interceptions with 34, until he was passed the following year.[6]

References

  1. ^ Christl, Cliff. "Irv Comp". Packers.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "Raven Hall of Fame". Benedictine College. Archived from the original on January 17, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  3. ^ "Packers win pro grid title, 14-7". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. United Press. December 18, 1944. p. 16.
  4. ^ Petersen, Leo H. (December 19, 1944). "Breaks help Packers to pro grid title". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 16.
  5. ^ "Packers win 6th pro title by beating Giants, 14-7". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). INS. December 18, 1944. p. 20.
  6. ^ "NFL Career Interceptions Leaders Through 1950". Pro-Football-Reference.com.