Bernard Philip "Barney" Traynor (November 24, 1894 – August 26, 1980)
was a player in the

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for the

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in 1925 as a center. He played at the collegiate level at

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Biography

Traynor was born on November 24, 1896, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. While football line coach and freshman basketball coach at

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from 1925 to 1927, Traynor wrote a lyric to music by Gaetano Donizetti, the ''Sextet'' from his opera, ''Lucia di Lammermoor'', which is now the Michigan State University alma mater, ''MSU Shadows''.

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Milwaukee Badgers players Michigan State Spartans football coaches Michigan State Spartans men's basketball coaches People from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Players of American football from Wisconsin 1894 births 1980 deaths Sportspeople from the Milwaukee metropolitan area {{offensive-lineman-1890s-stub