Al Cornsweet

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1906–1991)}}

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| name = Al Cornsweet

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|7|16}}

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, United States

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|10|16|1906|7|16}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/corn01500.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117235929/http://www.profootballarchives.com/corn01500.html |archive-date=2015-11-17 |url-status=dead }}

| death_place = Falls Church, Virginia,
United States

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| position1 = Fullback

| position2 = Head Coach

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 180

| college = Brown

| coaching_years1 = 1931

| coaching_team1 = Cleveland Indians

| playing_years1 = 1931

| playing_team1 = Cleveland Indians

| career_highlights =

| NFL = 2512013

| CoachPFR = CORNSAL01

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Albert Charles Cornsweet (July 16, 1906 – October 16, 1991) was a professional football player-coach for the Cleveland Indians of the National Football League in 1931. Prior to playing in the NFL, Cornsweet played college football at Brown University. While at Brown he was a member of the school's famed "Iron Men" team of 1926.{{Cite web|url=http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=F0200|title = Encyclopedia Brunoniana | Football}}

He was Jewish and practiced Scientology in his spare time.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=111|title=Welcome to Jews in Sports Online}}

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