Alex Drobnitch

Alex Drobnitch

Position:	Guard
Personal information
Date of birth:	November 25, 1913
Place of birth:	Colorado
Date of death:	June 6, 1960 (aged 46)
Place of death:	Greeley, Colorado
Weight:	189[1] lb (86 kg)
Career information
College:	Denver
NFL draft:	1937 / Round: 5 / Pick: 41
Career history
New York Yanks (1937) Buffalo Indians (1940) New York Americans (1941)

Alex Lewis Drobnitch (November 25, 1913 – June 6, 1960) was an American football player. Drobntich was raised on a farm near Eaton, Colorado.^[2] He played college football for the Denver Pioneers football team and was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team guard on the 1936 College Football All-America Team.^[3][4] He later played professional football for the New York Yanks in 1937, the Buffalo Indians in 1940, and the New York Americans in 1941.^[5] He was inducted into the University of Denver Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.^[2]

References

1. 1936 University of Denver yearbook (Kynewisbok), p. 129
2. "University of Denver Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 1996". University of Denver.
3. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1169. ISBN 1401337031.
4. "Goddard of Washington State and Drobnitch of Denver Westerners on NEA All-America". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 26, 1936. p. 9.
5. "Alex Drobnitch". Oldest Living Pro Football Players. Retrieved January 19, 2015.