| Date of birth | September 14, 1919 |
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| Place of birth | Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Date of death | June 15, 1992 (aged 72) |
| Place of death | Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| US college | Washington |
| NFL draft | 1941 / Round: 3 / Pick: 19 |
| Drafted by | Cleveland Rams[1] |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1946–1951 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career stats | |
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Jay Sidney MacDowell (September 14, 1919 – June 15, 1992) was an American football player who played tackle and end for six seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles.[2][3] He was selected by the Cleveland Rams in the first round of the 1941 NFL draft.[4]
After graduating from college, he entered the Army Air Corps as a first lieutenant and was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked Dec. 7, 1941.[5]
After the war, he did postgraduate work at Michigan State University for a year before going to play for the Philadelphia Eagles.
References
- ^ "1941 Cleveland Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Jay MacDowell Stats".
- ^ "NFL Players | Past & Current NFL Players".
- ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "Wayback Machine: Washington's 'Strauss Boys'". Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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