Paul Richard Sarringhaus (August 13, 1920 – April 7, 1998) was an
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 ...
halfback who played two seasons in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL) with the
Chicago Cardinals
The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.
Roots ...
and
Detroit Lions. He was drafted by the
Philadelphia Eagles
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in the ninth round of the
1944 NFL Draft
The 1944 National Football League Draft was held on April 19, 1944, at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With the first overall pick of the draft, the Boston Yanks selected quarterback Angelo Bertelli.
Player selections
Round ...
. He played
college football at
Ohio State University
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and attended
Hamilton High School in
Hamilton, Ohio.
References
Life magazine cover Oct 22,1945
External links
Just Sports Stats*
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1920 births
1998 deaths
Players of American football from Ohio
American football halfbacks
Ohio State Buckeyes football players
Chicago Cardinals players
Detroit Lions players
Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ohio
Wilmington Clippers players