Nick Drahos (December 6, 1918 – May 12, 2018) was an
American football
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. He played
college football
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at
Cornell University
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and was a member of the
Sphinx Head Society
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. He was elected to the
College Football Hall of Fame
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in 1981. Drahos died from pneumonia in Holland, Michigan in May 2018 at the age 99.
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1918 births
2018 deaths
All-American college football players
American football ends
American football tackles
College Football Hall of Fame inductees
Cornell Big Red football players
People from Ford City, Pennsylvania
Players of American football from Pennsylvania
Deaths from pneumonia in Michigan