- Harvey Hardy
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Name=Harvey Hardy
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Birthplace=Thomaston, Georgia
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Weight_lbs=185
Position=Guard
College= Georgia Tech
DraftedYear=1943
DraftedRound=26 / Pick 3
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years=1941-1942
teams=Georgia Tech
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HOF=Harvey Boland Hardy (born
November 27 ,1922 in Thomaston, Georgia) is a former football player. He played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team, was a consensus All-American, and was an MVP of the 1943 Cotton Bowl. [cite web|url=http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/4394/georgia-tech-all-time-team|title=Georgia Tech All-Time Team|work=Athlon Sports|accessdate=2007-10-08] [cite web|url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=707&change_well_id=2|title=1943 Cotton Bowl: Texas 14, Georgia Tech 7|publisher=mackbrown-texasfootball.com|accessdate=2007-10-08]Hardy was selected as the the 243rd pick of the
1943 NFL Draft (round 26, pick 3) by the Brooklyn Dodgers but didn't play professionally. [cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1943&lg=NFL|title=1943 NFL Player Draft|publisher=databaseFootball.com|accessdate=2007-10-08] He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1961.cite web| url=http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/ot/fame/halloffame.html| title=Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame| work=RamblinWreck.com| publisher=Georgia Tech Athletic Association| accessdate=2007-09-25] He was elected to theAlabama Community College Conference Hall of Fame in 1990.cite web|url=http://www.acccsports.org/acccpages/hofmember/18.jsp|title=Harvey Boland Hardy - 1990|work=Alabama Community College Conference|publisher=acccsports.org|accessdate=2007-10-08]Hardy was in the Southeastern Conference Football Officials Association from 1957 to 1981, and officiated 23 bowl games.
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