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Buddy Elrod

Buddy Elrod

American football player (1918–1998)

Ervin B. "Buddy" Elrod (October 28, 1918 – June 13, 1998) was an American football player. He attended the Mississippi State University and played college football for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team.[1] He played at the end position for the Bulldogs and was selected by the Associated Press, Central Press Association, New York Sun and Liberty magazine as a first-team player on the 1940 College Football All-America Team.[2][3][4][5] He played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1941 and entered the military in 1942.[6] He was inducted into the Mississippi State Sports Hall of Fame in 1971 and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.[7][8]

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    "Erwin Elrod NFL Stats and Bio - Pro Football Archives". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
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    Herb Barker (1940-12-08). "Two Dixie Stars Fill Flank Posts on All-America". The Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
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    Walter L. Johns (1940-12-10). "Captains Pick All-America for Central Press; Reinhard on List". Berkeley Daily Gazette.
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    "New York Sun Now Names All-Americans". Los Angeles Times. 1940-12-01.
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    ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1181. ISBN 1401337031.
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    "Buddy Elrod Now Aviation Cadet". Times-Daily. February 4, 1942. p. 7.
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    "Mississippi State Sports Hall of Fame". Mississippi State University. Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
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    "Buddy Elrod". Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.


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