Tex Leyendecker

Tex Leyendecker
No. 35
Position:	Tackle
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1906-02-03)February 3, 1906
Place of birth:	Columbus, Texas
Date of death:	June 24, 1988(1988-06-24) (aged 82)
Place of death:	Columbus, Texas
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school:	Waco
College:	Vanderbilt University
Career history
Vanderbilt Commodores (1931–32) Philadelphia Eagles (1933)
Career highlights and awards
2x All-Southern (1931, 1932)

Charles Boede "Tex" Leyendecker (February 3, 1906 – June 24, 1988) was an American football tackle in the National Football League.^[1] He was a member of the inaugural Philadelphia Eagles football team in 1933. Leyendecker played for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams, twice selected All-Southern.

References

1931 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections

Backfield	QB Austin Downes HB Gene McEver HB Don Zimmerman FB Johnny Cain

Line	E Jerry Dalrymple E Vernon Smith T Tex Leyendecker T Ray Saunders G Herman Hickman G John Scafide C Clarence Gracey

1932 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections

Backfield	QB Jimmy Hitchcock HB Don Zimmerman HB Beattie Feathers FB Johnny Cain

Line	E Virgil Rayburn E David Ariail T Tex Leyendecker T Fred Crawford G Thomas Hupke G John Scafide C Clarence Gracey

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