Len Eshmont

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Len Eshmont
Date of birth:	August 26, 1917
Place of birth:	Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania
Date of death:	May 12, 1957 (aged 39)
Place of death:	Charlottesville, Virginia
Career information
Position(s):	Running back Defensive back
College:	Fordham
NFL Draft:	1941 / Round: 5 / Pick 36
Organizations
As player:
1941 1946-1949	New York Giants San Francisco 49ers (AAFC)
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Leonard C. Eshmont (August 26, 1917 - May 12, 1957) was an American football running back and defensive back for the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL. He was drafted out of Fordham University by the New York Giants in the 1941 NFL Draft.

Eshmont died in 1957 of infectious hepatitis. The 49ers created The Len Eshmont Award, the 49ers most prestigious annual honor, which is given to the Niner who best exemplifies the "inspirational and courageous play" of Len Eshmont, a player from the original 1946 Forty Niners team.