Lyman Perry

Lyman Perry
Navy Midshipmen
Position Guard
Class Graduate
Career history
College Navy (1918)
Personal information
Date of birth March 10, 1897
Place of birth Andover, Ohio
Date of death June 2, 1975 (aged 78)
Career highlights and awards
  • Consensus All-American (1918)

Lyman Spencer Perry (March 10, 1897 – June 2, 1975) was an American football player and naval officer. He played college football for the Navy Midshipmen football team of the United States Naval Academy. After the 1918 season, he was selected as a consensus first-team guard on the 1918 College Football All-America Team.[1] He served in the United States Navy from graduation until January 1946, attaining the rank of commodore. He died in 1975 and was buried at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lyman Spencer Perry Cemetery Inventory Form" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. Summer 2005. Retrieved August 16, 2014.