Dewey Proctor
Personal information
Born:(1920-07-01)July 1, 1920
Lake View, South Carolina, U.S.
Died:July 2, 2009(2009-07-02) (aged 89)
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:Lake View (SC)
College:Furman
Position:Fullback
NFL Draft:1943 / Round: 3 / Pick: 21
Career history
Player stats at PFR

Dewey Michael Proctor (July 1, 1920 โ€“ July 2, 2009) was an American football fullback.

Proctor was born in South Carolina in 1920 and attended Lake View High School in Lake View, South Carolina. He played college football at Furman.[1] He also played for the 1943 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team and helped them upset national champion Notre Dame.[2]

He played professional football in the All-America Football Conference for the New York Yankees in 1946, 1947, and 1949 and for the Chicago Rockets in 1948. He appeared in 25 professional football games, five of them as a starter, and tallied 280 rushing yards, 54 receiving yards, and four touchdowns.[1]

He died in 2009.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dewey Proctor Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  2. โ†‘ Latimer, Carter (November 28, 1943). "Dewey Proctor's Greater Fame". The Greenville News. p. 18 โ€“ via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.