Urban Odson
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Position: | Tackle | ||||
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Born: | Clark, South Dakota, U.S. | November 17, 1918||||
Died: | June 22, 1986 Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. | (aged 67)||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 251 lb (114 kg) | ||||
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High school: | Clark (South Dakota) | ||||
College: | Minnesota | ||||
NFL draft: | 1942 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9 | ||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Urban Leroy Odson (November 17, 1918 – June 22, 1986) was an
East-West Shrine All Star game. Odson entered the Navy and played for the legendary World War II Great Lakes football teams that played exhibition games against pro teams. Ensign Odson is listed on the Football and America: World War II Honor Roll at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.[3] After serving a tour in the Pacific theater aboard USS Amsterdam, Odson went on to play under Curly Lambeau for four seasons with the Packers and left the Packers after the 1949 season. After brief stops with Chicago and Baltimore in 1950 he joined the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League
for one season.
References
- ^ "Urban Odson Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ "1936 College Football Consensus All-America Team". Infoplease.com. May 18, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ "Football and America: WWII Honor Roll". ProFootballHoF.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2023.