Raleigh Drennon | |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1908 |
Birth Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Death Date: | February, 1965 |
Death Place: | Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 180 |
Class: | 1929 |
Bowlgames: | |
Currentnumber: | 10; 13; 51 |
Currentposition: | Guard |
School: | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
Pastschools: | Georgia Tech (1926 - 1928) |
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Raleigh Eugene Drennon (September 21, 1908 - February, 1965) was a college football player.
Drennon was a prominent guard for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Drennon is a member of the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame.[1]
Drennon was a member of the national champion 1928 team, selected All-Southern that year.[2] Coach William Alexander called him the "best all around guard that ever put a cleat into Grant Field."[3] [4]
He received an appointment to West Point in 1930.[5]