Century Allen "Wally" Milstead (January 1, 1901 – June 2, 1963) was a collegiate and professional
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
player. He played
college football at
Wabash College
Wabash College is a private liberal arts men's college in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Founded in 1832 by several Dartmouth College graduates and Midwestern leaders, it enrolls nearly 900 students. The college offers an undergraduate liberal arts cu ...
and at
Yale University
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, where his play earned him
All-America
The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed upon an amateur sports person from the United States who is considered to be one of the best amateurs in their sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an All-Am ...
recognition. Milstead went on to play with the professional
Philadelphia Quakers of the
American Football League and the
New York Giants of the
National Football League
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(NFL). He got his name for being born on the first day of the twentieth century, January 1, 1901. Milstead was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame in 1977.
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1901 births
1963 deaths
American football tackles
New York Giants players
Philadelphia Quakers (AFL) players
Wabash Little Giants football players
Yale Bulldogs football players
College Football Hall of Fame inductees
Sportspeople from Rock Island, Illinois
Players of American football from Illinois
People from Pleasantville, New York
Players of American football from Pittsburgh
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