Chet Gladchuk

Chet Gladchuk
Chet Gladchuk
Date of birth: April 4, 1917(1917-04-04)
Place of birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Date of death: September 4, 1967(1967-09-04) (aged 50)
Place of death: Northampton, Massachusetts
Career information
Position(s): Center
College: Boston College
NFL Draft: 1941 / Round: 2 / Pick: 12
(By the Pittsburgh Steelers)
Organizations
 As player:
1941-1947
1949
New York Giants
Montreal Alouettes
Career highlights and awards
Honors: 1949 - Grey Cup champion
Playing stats at NFL.com
College Football Hall of Fame

Chester Stephen Gladchuk, Sr. (April 4, 1917September 4, 1967) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He played college football at Boston College and was selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press in 1940. He was drafted in the second round of the 1941 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. After playing 7 seasons for the New York Giants, and after taking a season off, Gladchuk joined the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in 1949, played a full 12 game season, and helped win the Larks first Grey Cup.

Gladchuk was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975.

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