Seraphim Post

Seraphim Fred "Dynamite" Post^[1] (August 1, 1904 – August 13, 1975) was an American college football guard who played at Stanford University. He was a consensus All-American in 1928.

Seraphim Post

Post from "The Stanford Quad" (1929)
Stanford Cardinal
Position	Guard
Personal information
Born:	August 1, 1904
Died:	August 13, 1975(1975-08-13) (aged 71) Stanford, California, U.S.
Career history
College	Stanford (1927–1929)
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1928) 2× First-team All-PCC (1927, 1928)

Early life

Seraphim Fred Post was born on August 1, 1904. ^[2] He was a consensus All-American in 1928.^[3][4] Stanford guard Don Robesky was also a consensus All-American in 1928.^[5] Post's Stanford profile states that "Seraphim “Dynamite” Post teamed with Don Robesky to form college football’s most dominating pair of offensive guards."^[5] Post was a member of Stanford's 1927 Rose Bowl team.^[5] He also earned Associated Press first-team All-PCC honors in both 1927 and 1928.^[6][7] He was later inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.^[8]

Later life

Post was an administrator at Stanford until retiring in 1969.^[9] He lived in Menlo Park, California.^[9] He died on August 13, 1975, at Stanford Medical Center following a surgery.^[9]