Virgil Rayburn

Virgil Rayburn
Position: E
Personal information
Date of birth: (1910-08-04)August 4, 1910
Place of birth: Pulaski, Tennessee
Date of death: June 15, 1991(1991-06-15) (aged 80)
Place of death: Osceola, Arkansas
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school: Dyersburg
College: University of Tennessee
Career history
Career highlights and awards

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Virgil Homer "Van" Rayburn (August 4, 1910 – June 15, 1991) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL).[1][2] Rayburn played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee, where he was selected All-Southern.[3][4] Rayburn was also selected a second-team All-American by the New York Sun.[5] He played one year for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

References

  1. ↑ "Van Rayburn". Archived from the original on 2014-12-23.
  2. ↑ "Van Rayburn NFL Football Statistics".
  3. ↑ "All-Southern 11 Is Picked". Ironwood Daily Globe. December 1, 1932.
  4. ↑ Dillon Graham (December 1, 1932). "Zimmerman, Hitchcock, and Gracey Lead Poll Among Sport Writers". The Evening Independent.
  5. ↑ "An All American Team: New York Sun Selects Two Players from Army and Purdue". Emporia Gazette. 1932-11-26.


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