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Raleigh Drennon

Raleigh Drennon
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets No. 10; 13; 51
Position Guard
Class 1929
Career history
College Georgia Tech (1926–1928)
Bowl games
Personal information
Date of birth (1908-09-21)September 21, 1908
Place of birth Atlanta, Georgia
Date of death February, 1965
Place of death Norfolk, Virginia
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Raleigh Eugene Drennon (September 21, 1908 – February, 1965) was a college football player.

Drennon was a prominent guard for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Drennon is a member of the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame.

Drennon was a member of the national champion 1928 team, selected All-Southern that year. Coach William Alexander called him the "best all around guard that ever put a cleat into Grant Field."

He received an appointment to West Point in 1930.



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