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Dana Carey

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Dana Carey
Personal information
Born:February 3, 1903
California, U.S.
Died:March 22, 1976 (age 73)
Napa County, California, U.S.
Career information
College:California
Position:Guard
Career history
Career highlights and awards

Henry Dana Carey (February 3, 1903 – March 22, 1976) was an American football player. A native of California, Carey attended the University of California, Berkeley. He played college football for the California Golden Bears football team and was selected by Liberty as a first-team player on the 1925 College Football All-America Team. He also received All-American honors in 1925 from the Associated Press (3rd team), the All-America Board (2nd team), and Collier's Weekly (2nd team).[1] While in college he was initiated into Sigma Pi fraternity.[2] In 1926, he played professional football for the Los Angeles Wildcats in the first American Football League.[3]

After leaving football he became a dentist in Berkeley, California.[4] He died in 1976 and was buried at Sunset View Cemetery in El Cerrito, California.

References

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  1. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1157. ISBN 1401337031.
  2. ^ Langhammer, Jay (Fall 1985). "Sigma Pis in Pro Football" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 74, no. 3. p. 21.
  3. ^ "Dana Carey". databasefootball.com. databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "Alumni News". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 33, no. 4. February 1947. p. 174.
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