Barney Traynor

Bernard Philip "Barney" Traynor (November 24, 1894 – August 26, 1980)[1] was a player in the National Football League for the Milwaukee Badgers in 1925 as a center. He played at the collegiate level at Colgate University.

Biography

Traynor was born on November 24, 1896 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.[2] While football line coach and freshman basketball coach at Michigan State College from 1925–27, Traynor wrote a lyric to music by Gaetano Donizetti, the Sextet from his opera, Lucia di Lammermoor, which is now the Michigan State University alma mater, MSU Shadows.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1989-1980 Necrology at Oldest Living Pro Football Players
  2. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TrayBa20.htm
  3. ↑ https://www.msu.edu/~carillon/