Ernest Clayton Lewis (November 20, 1924 – May 28, 1995) 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 ...
fullback who played for four seasons in the
All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the
Chicago Rockets / Hornets from 1946 to 1949. He was drafted by the
Philadelphia Eagles
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in the ninth round (77th overall) of the
1946 NFL Draft
The 1946 National Football League Draft was held on January 14, 1946, at the Commodore Hotel in New York City, New York.
The selections were initially withheld from the public out of fear that the newly formed All-America Football Conference wou ...
, but chose to play in the AAFC instead. He played
college football for
Colorado
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.
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1924 births
1995 deaths
American football fullbacks
Players of American football from Missouri
Colorado Buffaloes football players
Chicago Rockets players
Chicago Hornets players