Andy Uram

{{Short description|American football player (1915–1984)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Andy Uram

| position = Halfback

| number = 8, 42

| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|3|21|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|12|9|1915|3|21|mf=y}}

| death_place = Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 188

| college = Minnesota

| draftyear = 1938

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 47

| pastteams =

• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1938|1943}})

| highlights =

• NFL champion (1939)
• Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
• 2× National champion (1935, 1936)
• First-team All-American (1936)
• First-team All-Big Ten (1936)

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 1,073

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 4.5

| statlabel3 = Receptions

| statvalue3 = 58

| statlabel4 = Receiving yards

| statvalue4 = 1,083

| statlabel5 = Total touchdowns

| statvalue5 = 16

| pfr = UramAn20

}}

Andrew Uram Jr. (March 21, 1915 – December 9, 1984) was an American football running back and defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Green Bay Packers.{{cite web|title=Packers.com - Andy Uram |work=Packers.com |url=http://www.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/player/uram_andy_1938-43/ |access-date=January 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102054643/http://www.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/player/uram_andy_1938-43/ |archive-date=2 January 2009 |url-status=dead }} Uram played collegiate ball for the University of Minnesota before being drafted by the Packers in the sixth round of the 1938 NFL draft with the 47th overall pick.{{Cite web |title=1938 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1938/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played professionally for six seasons from 1938 to 1943.{{cite web | title = Andy Uram Statistics | work = Pro Football Reference | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/U/UramAn20.htm | access-date = January 29, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081230190342/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/U/UramAn20.htm| archive-date= 30 December 2008 | url-status= live}} After the 1943 NFL season, Uram served in the United States Navy during World War II. In 1973, Uram was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/andy-uram | title = Andy Uram | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = October 3, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231003150911/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/andy-uram | url-status = live }} He died in 1984, at the age of 69.{{cite news | title = Andy Uram Obituary | work = New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/11/obituaries/andy-uram.html | access-date = January 29, 2009 | date=December 11, 1984}}