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American football player (1918–1998)

American football player
Duncan Obee
Personal information
Born:July 9, 1918
Battle Creek, Michigan
Died:November 27, 1998 (aged 80)
Wood County, Ohio
Career information
College:Dayton
Position:center
Career history

Duncan Francis "Dunc" Obee (July 9, 1918 - November 27, 1998) was an American football player.

Obee was born in 1918 in Battle Creek, Michigan. He attended Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio. He then enrolled at the University of Dayton where he played college football as a center and linebacker for the Dayton Flyers football program from 1938 to 1940. He was selected as an all-Ohio center after the 1940 season. He also played one season for the Detroit Lions as a reserve center in 1941. He appeared in only three games for the Lions.

Obee's career with the Lions was cut short by the draft, as he was inducted into the United States Army in mid-October 1941. He served in the Army Air Forces during World War II. He graduated from bombardier school in San Angelo, Texas, received the rank of captain, and was assigned as an instructor at the air field in Childress, Texas.

Obee died in 1998 in Wood County, Ohio.

References

  1. ^ "Dunc Obee". Pro Football Archives. Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  2. Harold Boian (October 5, 1938). "U.D. Center Has Hobby Collecting Indian Head Pennies: Duncan Obee Also A Firm Believer In Milk; Drinks Three Quarts A Day At Home". The Dayton Daily News. pp. 0–6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Bob Frame (October 18, 1940). "Yesterday's Hero May Reach Grid Heights Once More: From Out of the Past and the Glory He Cast Dayton's Duncan Obee Heroically Rides Again". The Dayton Herald. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Bob Husted (November 27, 1940). "Duncan Obee Was Brilliant Center". The Dayton Herald. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Obee, Lions' Center, To Be Inducted Today". Detroit Evening Times. October 13, 1941. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Dunc Obee, Tony Furst Get Berths With Detroit Lions". The Dayton Herald. September 6, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "untitled". The Dayton Daily News. September 24, 1944. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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