Virgil Rayburn

Virgil Rayburn
Profile
Position	End
Personal information
Born	August 4, 1910; Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	June 15, 1991 (aged 80); Osceola, Arkansas, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Dyersburg
College	University of Tennessee
Career history
	Tennessee Volunteers (1930–32); Brooklyn Dodgers (1933);
Awards and highlights
	Championships 1 SoCon (1932); Honors Second-team All-American (1932); First-team All-SoCon (1932);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

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 in the 1933 season.

References

^ "Van Rayburn". Database Football. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014.
^ "Van Rayburn Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
^ "All-Southern 11 Is Picked". Ironwood Daily Globe. December 1, 1932.
^ Graham, Dillon (December 1, 1932). "Zimmerman, Hitchcock, and Gracey Lead Poll Among Sport Writers". The Evening Independent – via Google News.
^ "An All American Team: New York Sun Selects Two Players from Army and Purdue". Emporia Gazette. November 26, 1932.

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