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Boyd Cherry
Boyd Vincent Cherry (March 6, 1893 – November 14, 1970) was an American football and basketball player. He played college football and basketball at Ohio State University. In 1914 he became the first Ohio State Buckeyes football player to receive All-American honors and the first to receive first-team all-conference honors.[1][2] After graduating from Ohio State in 1915, he was employed for more than 25 years by the Kinnear Manufacturing Company in Columbus, Ohio.[3][4][5] He was born in Newark, Ohio, in 1893,[3] and he died in 1970 at age 77 in Fort Myers, Florida.[6]
| Ohio State Buckeyes | |
|---|---|
| Position | End |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 6, 1893 Newark, Ohio |
| Died: | November 14, 1970 (age 77) Fort Myers, Florida |
| Career history | |
| College | Ohio State (1914) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
References edit
- ^ Mark Rea (2009). The Die-Hard Fan's Guide to Buckeye Football. Regnery Publishing. pp. 17–22.
- ^ "Ohio State First-Team All-Americans". Ohio State University. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
- ^ a b Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
- ^ "Personals". The Ohio State University Monthly. December 1, 1916. p. 47.
- ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
- ^ Ancestry.com. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.