Irvine Lewis Phillips Sr. (June 10, 1905 – April 4, 1999) was an

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player. He played college football at

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and was a consensus selection at the

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position on the 1928 College Football All-America Team. Phillips was raised in

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. He enrolled at the University of California in the Class of 1929. While at Berkeley, Phillips was a member of

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, Skull and Keys,

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, Winged Helmet, Beta Beta, the Big "C" Society, the Athletic Council, the Vigilance Committee, and the Senior Peace Committee. He was also a member of the football and track teams, receiving three varsity letters in each sport and serving as captain of the football team in his senior year. After the 1927 season, Phillips was selected as a second-team All-American by the

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, and a third-string All-American by the

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. Following his senior year, he was also selected as a consensus first-team All-American\. After graduating from Berkeley, Phillips was married and lived in

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, with his wife Marion. In 1930, he was employed as a farm superintendent. Irvine and his wife had four children: Irvine L., Jr. (born c. 1932), Sara (born c. 1935), Marion Adeline (born c. 1937) and Delphine (born 1939). By 1940, Phillips and his family had moved to

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, where Phillips was employed as a public school teacher.1940 U.S. Census entry for Irvine Phillips, age 34, and family. Census Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_368; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 59-18. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census atabase on-line Phillips lived in

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, in his later years. He died in 1999, aged 93.Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 atabase on-line Irvine L. Phillips, last residence 93923 Carmel, Monterey, California, USA, born 10 Jun 1905, died 4 Apr 1999, SSN issued California (Before 1951).

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