Len Younce

Len Younce

NFL player


DateOfBirth=birth date|1917|1|8|mf=y
Birthplace= Dayton, Oregon
DateOfDeath=death date and age|2000|03|26|1917|01|8
Deathplace= Enterprise, Oregon
College=Oregon State
Position=Offensive Guard
Linebacker
Punter
DraftedYear=1941
DraftedRound=8 / Pick 67
Awards=
Honors=NFL 1940s All-Decade Team
Records=
Retired #s=
years=1941-1948
teams=New York Giants
Stats=y
DatabaseFootball=YOUNCLEN01

Leonard Alonzo Younce (January 8, 1917 – March 26, 2000) was an American football player and coach.

Playing career

Born in Dayton, Oregon,cite news|title=Obituaries|date=March 30, 2000|page=D13|work=The Oregonian] Younce attended Roosevelt High Schoolcite journal|journal=The Oregon Stater|volume=85|issue=2|title=Grid great Younce dies|publisher=Oregon State University Alumni Association|url=http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/stater/issues/stater0009/sports.html|month=September | year=2000] in Portland and then played college football at Oregon State University. He was selected in the 8th round (67th overall) by the New York Giants in the 1941 NFL Draft, and played a variety of positions, including linebacker, offensive lineman, kicker, and punter.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Younce was an assistant coach at Oregon State University from 1949 to 1954, and with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Edmonton Eskimos.cite news|title=It's his world and he loves it|date=October 25, 1993|page=C1|work=The Oregonian|last=Wheeler|first=Ken]

Later years

Younce was coaxed out of retirement to coach high school football for one year at Joseph High School in Enterprise, Oregon in 1992. He intended to continue, but health problems prevented his return.cite news|title=It's his world and he loves it|date=October 25, 1993|page=C1|work=The Oregonian|last=Wheeler|first=Ken]

Younce was an inaugural inductee of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980,cite web|url=http://www.oregonsportshall.com/inductee/roll/football.htm|title=Honor Roll: Football|publisher=Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Museum|accessdate=2007-05-29] and was inducted into the OSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988. He died in Portland, OR on March 26, 2000.cite news|title=Younce Service is Saturday|date=March 28, 2000|page=D2|work=The Oregonian|last=Nolen|first=John]

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