- Morley Drury
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Morley E. Drury (February 15, 1903 in Midland, Ontario, Canada - January 21, 1989 in Santa Monica, California, United States), nicknamed "The Noblest Trojan of Them All," was a quarterback for the University of Southern California.
College career
Drury helped coach Howard Jones in leading USC during the 1920s.
A graduate of Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Drury's finest season came in 1927 as the senior captain employed his skillful passing and rushing to carry the Trojans to an 8-1-1 record. Southern California shared the Pacific Coast Conference title with Stanford University, battling the Cardinals to a 13-13 deadlock. The only smudge on the Trojan record was a mid-season loss to powerful Notre Dame University, 7-6. Drury led the team in scoring (76 points) and rushing (1163 yards) and won First-Team All-America honors. His 1163 yards marked the first time a USC player surpassed 1,000 yards rushing and stood as a Southern California record until Mike Garrett eclipsed the mark with 1440 yards during his 1965 Heisman Trophy campaign.
Drury was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. In 2010, Morley Drury joined his late brother, former NHL hockey player and United States Olympian Herb Drury, as an inductee of the Midland (Ontario) Sports Hall of Fame, in the Athlete category.
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1927 College Football All-America Team consensus selections QB Morley Drury | HB Red Cagle | HB Gibby Welch | FB Herb Joesting
C Larry Bettencourt | C John Charlesworth | G John Smith | G Bill Webster | T Ed Hake | T Jesse Hibbs | E Tom Nash | E Bennie OosterbaanUSC Trojans starting quarterbacks Galloway • Dolley • Galloway • Hawkins • Kner • Elliott • Drury • Williams • Duffield • Mohler • Warburton • Davis • Schindler • Lansdell • Peoples • B. Robertson • B. Musick • Hardy • Bell • Hardy • J. Musick • Murphy • Dill • W. Robertson • Powers • Schneider • Bukich • Bozanic • Contratto • Convoy • Wood • Maudlin • Charles • Wood • Nelsen • Beathard • Nelsen • Beathard • Fertig • Winslow • Page • Sogge • Jones • Rae • Haden • Evans • Hertel • Sanford • McDonald • Preston • Adams • Mazur • Salisbury • Tinsley • McLean • Green • Peete • Marinovich • Foley • Perry • Johnson • Otton • Wachholtz • Fox • Van Raaphorst • Palmer • Leinart • Booty • Sanchez • Barkley • Corp • MustainCategories:- 1903 births
- 1989 deaths
- American football quarterbacks
- Canadian expatriates in the United States
- Canadian emigrants to the United States
- Canadian players of American football
- Gridiron football people from Ontario
- People from Long Beach, California
- People from Midland, Ontario
- Players of American football from California
- USC Trojans football players
- College football stubs
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