Raleigh Drennon

Raleigh Eugene Drennon (September 21, 1908 – February, 1965) was a college football player.

Raleigh Drennon

Drennon in 1927
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets – No. 10; 13; 51
Position	Guard
Class	1929
Personal information
Born:	(1908-09-21)September 21, 1908 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	February, 1965 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career history
College	Georgia Tech (1926–1928)
Career highlights and awards
National champion (1928) SoCon champion (1927, 1928) All-Southern (1927, 1928) Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame

Georgia Tech

Drennon was a prominent guard for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Drennon is a member of the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame.^[1]

1928

Drennon was a member of the national champion 1928 team, selected All-Southern that year.^[2] Coach William Alexander called him the "best all around guard that ever put a cleat into Grant Field."^[3][4]

He received an appointment to West Point in 1930.^[5]