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, 1917 – September 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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