Alex Drobnitch

{{Short description|American football player (1913–1960)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

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| name = Alex Drobnitch

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| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|11|25}}

| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|6|2|1913|11|24}}

| death_place = Kersey, Colorado, U.S.

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| weight_lbs = 189 1936 University of Denver yearbook (Kynewisbok), p. 129

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| college = Denver

| draftyear = 1937

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 41

| pastteams =

• New York Yankees (1937)
• St. Louis Gunners (1939)
• Buffalo Indians (1940)
• New York Americans (1941)

| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1936)
• Third-team All-American (1935)

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Alex Lewis Drobnitch (November 25, 1913 – June 2, 1960) was an American football player. He played college football for the Denver Pioneers football team and was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team guard on the 1936 College Football All-America Team.{{cite book|title=ESPN College Football Encyclopedia|page=1169|publisher=ESPN Books|year=2005|isbn=1401337031}}{{cite news|title=Goddard of Washington State and Drobnitch of Denver Westerners on NEA All-America|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|date=November 26, 1936|page=9|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19361126&id=LM5XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IPUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7259,4817266}} He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1937 NFL Draft.{{Cite web |title=1937 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1937/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He later played professional football for New York Yankees in 1937, the Buffalo Indians in 1940, and the New York Americans in 1941. He was inducted into the University of Denver Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.{{cite web|title=University of Denver Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 1996|publisher=University of Denver|url=http://www.denverpioneers.com/sports/athletics/spec-rel/062907aar.html|access-date=2015-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810123615/http://www.denverpioneers.com/sports/athletics/spec-rel/062907aar.html|archive-date=2014-08-10|url-status=dead}}

Drobntich was born on November 25, 1913, in Denver.{{cite news |author= |title=Services for Alex Drobnitch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/greeley-daily-tribune/154873691/ |newspaper=Greeley Daily Tribune |location=Greeley, Colorado |date=June 3, 1960 |page=16 |access-date=September 8, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} He raised on a farm near Eaton, Colorado. Drobntich died on June 2, 1960.{{cite news |author= |title=Former Denver Footballer Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/colorado-springs-gazette-telegraph/154873662/ |newspaper=Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph |location=Colorado Springs, Colorado |agency=United Press International |date=June 5, 1960 |page=9B |access-date=September 8, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}