Len Younce

Games played:	65
Starts:	57
Field Goals:	2-for-9 (22.2%)

Len Younce
	Guard / linebacker / kicker
NFL draft:	1941 / Round: 8 / Pick: 67
Career history
As a player:
	New York Giants (1941, 1943–1944, 1946–1948);
As a coach:
	OL Coach, 1963–1965);
Career highlights and awards
	NFL punting yards leader (1943); NFL 1940s All-Decade Team; First-team All-PCC (1940); Second-team All-PCC (1939);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	65
Starts:	57
Field Goals:	2-for-9 (22.2%)
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Leonard Alonzo Younce (January 8, 1917 – March 26, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He had a six year career, interrupted by World War II in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the New York Giants.

Younce is a member of the Oregon State University Athletic and Oregon Sports Halls of Fame.

Playing career

Born in

punter.^[3]

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Younce was an assistant coach at

linebackers coach for the Portland Loggers of the Continental Football League in 1969.^[5]

Later years

Younce was coaxed out of retirement to coach high school football for one year at Joseph High School in the small eastern Oregon town of Joseph in 1992. He intended to continue, but health problems prevented his return.^[4]

Younce was an inaugural inductee of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980,^[6] and was inducted into the OSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.^[2] He died in Portland, Oregon on March 26, 2000.^[7]

References

^ "Obituaries". The Oregonian. March 30, 2000. p. D13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Grid great Younce dies". Oregon Stater. Vol. 85, no. 2. Oregon State University Alumni Association. September 2000. p. 51.
^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
^ ^a ^b Wheeler, Ken (October 25, 1993). "It's his world and he loves it". The Oregonian. p. C1.
^ "Younce in grid role". The Columbian. Vancouver, Washington. United Press International. 12 August 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Hall of Fame Roll of Honor Members". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
^ Nolen, John (March 28, 2000). "Younce Service is Saturday". The Oregonian. p. D2.

External links

Len Younce at Find a Grave

[oregobit-1] "Obituaries". The Oregonian. March 30, 2000. p. D13.

[osuaa-2] "Grid great Younce dies". Oregon Stater. Vol. 85, no. 2. Oregon State University Alumni Association. September 2000. p. 51.

[3] "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.

[wheeler-4] Wheeler, Ken (October 25, 1993). "It's his world and he loves it". The Oregonian. p. C1.

[5] "Younce in grid role". The Columbian. Vancouver, Washington. United Press International. 12 August 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[oshof-6] "Hall of Fame Roll of Honor Members". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2010.

[oregonian-7] Nolen, John (March 28, 2000). "Younce Service is Saturday". The Oregonian. p. D2.

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