Ray Montgomery (American football)

Ray Montgomery
Date of birth: February 1, 1909
Place of birth: Wheeling, West Virginia
Date of death: May 26, 1966 (aged 57)
Place of death: North Hollywood, California
Career information
Position(s): Guard
Height: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight: 188 lb (85 kg)
College: University of Pittsburgh
Organizations
As player:
1927-1929 Pitt
Career highlights and awards
  • Consensus All-American (1929)

Adelbert Raymond Montgomery[1][2] (February 1, 1909 – May 26, 1966) was an American football guard at the University of Pittsburgh. He was a consensus All-American in 1929.

Playing career

Montgomery was a native of West Virginia.[3] He played for the Pittsburgh Panthers football team under coach Jock Sutherland during the 1927, 1928 and 1929 seasons.[4] In his senior year he helped the team go 9-0 that earned a trip to the Rose Bowl.[3] That year, as a 6-foot, 1-inch, 188-pound guard, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, having received first-team honors from several publications and organizations including Collier's Weekly (Grantland Rice) and United Press (UP).[5]

Outside of football

Montgomery appeared in the 1930 film "Maybe It's Love." The film, directed by William A. Wellman, was a genre football comedy starring Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, and members of the 1928 and 1929 All-American football teams including Otto Pommerening, Howard Harpster, Bill Banker, Tim Moynihan, Elmer Sleight, Paul Scull, Wear Schoonover, Russell Saunders and USC coach Howard Jones.[6][7]

In later life, Montgomery was in the automobile business in North Hollywood, California.[3] He died on May 26, 1966 in North Hollywood.[3][8]

References

  1. ↑ "University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA), Class of 1929, Page 156". e-yearbook.com. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ Omicron Delta Kappa (1932). The Circle (v. 10, nos. 1-4). General Council of the Omicron Delta Kappa Fraternity. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Ex-Pitt Guard Montgomery Dies". Pittsburgh Press 882 (333) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). May 26, 1966. p. 44. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Pitt football, 2010". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ 2014 NCAA Football Records Book, Award Winners, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, pp. 4 & 14 (2014). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Maybe It's Love". imdb.com. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  7. ↑ Parsons, Louella O. (April 16, 1930). "All-American Grid Stars in Warner Film". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 3 (221) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: P-G Publishing Co.). p. 10. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Person Details for Adelbert R Montgomery, "California, Death Index, 1940-1997" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved October 5, 2014.