Elmer Noble "Red" Sleight (1907 - August 9, 1978) was an All-American football player. Sleight was born in 1907 in

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, and attended Morris High School. He played at the tackle position for the

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from 1927 to 1929. He was a consensus first-team player on the 1929 All-America college football team, receiving first-team honors from the

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an All-America Board. He also received the Western Conference medal for proficiency in scholarship and athletics and was one of 11 All-American football players to appear in the 1930 film " Maybe It's Love". He played professionally for the

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in 1930 and 1931. He appeared in 26 NFL games for the Packers, 19 of them as a starter. After his playing career ended, Sleight held assistant coaching positions at

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and then Lehigh. He later went into marketing in

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. He moved to

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, after retiring. He died in Naples in 1978 at age 71.

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