Eugene Morris Alford (April 3, 1905December 1975) was a professional

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player who played

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in the NFL for four seasons for the

Portsmouth Spartans The professional American football team now known as the Detroit Lions previously played in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the Portsmouth Spartans, from its founding in 1928 to its relocation to Detroit in 1934. Originally drawing players from defunct indepe ...

and the

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. Alford played for the

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Matadors (later known as Red Raiders) in 1925, Tech's first football season, and is listed in the Texas Tech football media guide as a one-year letterman. According to the Tech media guide, Alford played for Portsmouth, Cincinnati and the

St. Louis Gunners The St. Louis Gunners were an independent professional football team based in St. Louis, Missouri, that played the last three games of the 1934 National Football League season, replacing the Cincinnati Reds on the league schedule after the Reds' ...

from 1931-1934.

References

Texas Tech University football media guide, http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/09-fb-media-guide.html, accessed April 10, 2012. 1905 births 1975 deaths People from Rising Star, Texas Players of American football from Texas American football running backs Texas Tech Red Raiders football players Portsmouth Spartans players Cincinnati Reds (NFL) players St. Louis Gunners players {{runningback-1900s-stub