Len Eshmont

Len Eshmont

NFL player


DateOfBirth=August 26, 1917
Birthplace= Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania
DateOfDeath=death date and age|1957|5|12|1917|8|26
Deathplace= Charlottesville, Virginia
College=Fordham
Position=Running back
Defensive back
DraftedYear=1941
DraftedRound=5 / Pick 36
DatabaseFootball=ESHMOLEN01
PFR=
years=1941
1946-1949
teams=New York Giants
San Francisco 49ers (AAFC)
ProBowls=

Leonard C. Eshmont (August 26, 1917 - May 12, 1957) was an American football running back and defensive back for the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL. He was drafted out of Fordham University by the New York Giants in the 1941 NFL Draft.

Eshmont died in 1957 of infectious hepatitis. The 49ers created The Len Eshmont Award, the 49ers most prestigious annual honor, which is given to the Niner who best exemplifies the "inspirational and courageous play" of Len Eshmont, a player from the original 1946 Forty Niners team.


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