Jay MacDowell

Jay Sidney MacDowell (September 14, 1919 – June 15, 1992) was an American football player who played tackle and end for six seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles.^[2][3] He was drafted by the Cleveland Rams in the first round of the 1941 NFL Draft.^[4]

Jay MacDowell

Born:	(1919-09-14)September 14, 1919 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Died:	June 15, 1992(1992-06-15) (aged 72) Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Wide receiver
College	Washington
NFL draft	1941, Round: 3, Pick: 19
Drafted by	Cleveland Rams^[1]
Career history
As player
1946–1951	Philadelphia Eagles
Career highlights and awards
2× NFL Champion (1948, 1949) First-team All-American (1940)

After graduating from college, he entered the Army Air Corps as a first lieutenant and was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked Dec. 7, 1941.^[5]

After the war, he did postgraduate work at Michigan State University for a year before going to play for the Philadelphia Eagles.

References

1. . databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "Jay MacDowell Stats".
3. "NFL Players | Past & Current NFL Players".
4. "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
5. "Wayback Machine: Washington's 'Strauss Boys'". Retrieved 13 March 2024.