Virgil Rayburn

Virgil Rayburn

Position:	E
Personal information
Date of birth:	August 4, 1910
Place of birth:	Pulaski, Tennessee
Date of death:	June 15, 1991 (aged 80)
Place of death:	Osceola, Arkansas
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)
Career highlights and awards
Championships 1 SoCon (1932) Honors All-Southern (1932) Second-team All-American (1932)

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.

References

1. "Van Rayburn".
2. "Van Rayburn NFL Football Statistics".
3. "All-Southern 11 Is Picked". Ironwood Daily Globe. December 1, 1932.
4. Dillon Graham (December 1, 1932). "Zimmerman, Hitchcock, and Gracey Lead Poll Among Sport Writers". The Evening Independent.
5. "An All American Team: New York Sun Selects Two Players from Army and Purdue". Emporia Gazette. 1932-11-26.