Buddy Elrod

Buddy Elrod
Personal information
Born:	October 28, 1918; Texas, U.S.
Died:	June 13, 1998 (aged 79)
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	186 lb (84 kg)
Career information
College:	Mississippi State
Position:	End
NFL draft:	1941 / round: 9 / pick: 73
Career history
	Philadelphia Eagles (1941);
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-American (1940); SEC Player of the Year (1940); First-team All-SEC (1940); Second-team All-SEC (1939);

Ervin B. "Buddy" Elrod (October 28, 1918 – June 13, 1998) was an American football player. He attended the Mississippi State University and played college football for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team.^[1] He played at the end position for the Bulldogs and was selected by the Associated Press, Central Press Association, New York Sun and Liberty magazine as a first-team player on the 1940 College Football All-America Team.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1941 but did not play in any games. He entered the military in 1942.^[6] He was inducted into the Mississippi State Sports Hall of Fame in 1971 and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Erwin Elrod NFL Stats and Bio - Pro Football Archives". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
^ Herb Barker (December 8, 1940). "Two Dixie Stars Fill Flank Posts on All-America". The Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
^ Walter L. Johns (December 10, 1940). "Captains Pick All-America for Central Press; Reinhard on List". Berkeley Daily Gazette.
^ "New York Sun Now Names All-Americans". Los Angeles Times. December 1, 1940.
^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1181. ISBN 1401337031.
^ "Buddy Elrod Now Aviation Cadet". Times-Daily. February 4, 1942. p. 7.
^ "Mississippi State Sports Hall of Fame". Mississippi State University. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
^ "Buddy Elrod". Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.

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