Elmer Sleight
American football player (1907–1978)
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Elmer Noble "Red" Sleight (1907 - August 9, 1978) was an All-American football player.
Sisseton, South Dakota, U.S.
Naples, Florida, U.S.
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| Position | Tackle | ||
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| Born | July 8, 1907 Sisseton, South Dakota, U.S. | ||
| Died | August 9, 1978 (aged 71) Naples, Florida, U.S. | ||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Listed weight | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||
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| College | Purdue | ||
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Sleight was born in 1907 in Morris, Illinois, and attended Morris High School.[1]
He played at the tackle position for the Purdue University Boilermakers from 1927 to 1929.[1] He was a consensus first-team player on the 1929 All-America college football team, receiving first-team honors from the Associated Press, Collier's Weekly, International News Service an All-America Board.[2] He also received the Western Conference medal for proficiency in scholarship and athletics and was one of 11 All-American football players to appear in the 1930 film "Maybe It's Love".[3][4]
He played professionally for the Green Bay Packers in 1930 and 1931.[5] He appeared in 26 NFL games for the Packers, 19 of them as a starter.[1]
After his playing career ended, Sleight held assistant coaching positions at Missouri and then Lehigh.[6][7] He later went into marketing in Chicago. He moved to Naples, Florida, after retiring. He died in Naples in 1978 at age 71.[8]