Chester Gierula

{{Short description|American football player (1928–1990)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Chester Gierula

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| birth_date= {{birth date|1928|4|29}}

| birth_place = Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|5|6|1928|4|29}}

| death_place = Brookeville, Maryland, U.S.

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| position = Guard

| college = Maryland

| draftyear = 1951

| draftround = 10

| teams = *Cleveland Browns (1951–1953)

• Green Bay Packers (1954–?)

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Chester F. Gierula (April 29, 1928 – May 6, 1990) was an American football player. He was selected in the tenth round of the 1951 NFL draft.

Gierula was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and attended William Allen High School.[http://www.mcall.com/sports/football/all-football-local-list-082706,0,1415538.htmlstory?coll=all-homepage-utl#allen Lehigh Valley All-Time Football Team Nominees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522062857/http://www.mcall.com/sports/football/all-football-local-list-082706,0,1415538.htmlstory?coll=all-homepage-utl#allen |date=2011-05-22 }}, The Morning Call (Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania), retrieved 26 December 2008.[http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/University_Maryland_Reveille_Yearbook/1951/Page_281.html Text from Page 281], Reveille, University of Maryland yearbook, 1951, p. 281, retrieved 26 December 2008.

Gierula attended college at the University of Maryland, where he played football as a guard. He played on the offensive line alongside Maryland football greats Bob Ward and Dick Modzelewski. Gierula was said to have played "his best game of the year" in the 1950 upset win over number-two Michigan State in East Lansing, Michigan.[http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/University_Maryland_Reveille_Yearbook/1951/Page_286.html Text from Page 286], Reveille, University of Maryland Yearbook, 1951, p. 286, retrieved 26 December 2008.

In 1951, Gierula was selected in the tenth round of the 1951 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns. In 1954, Gierula (along with Bobby Garrett, John Bauer, and Jack Miller) was traded to the Green Bay Packers for Babe Parilli and Bob Fleck.[http://the-kramerfamily.com/1954PACKERS.html#anchor_206 The 1954 Packers (4–8): Pre-Season], The Green Bay Packers - America's Real Team, retrieved 26 December 2008. He died in 1990 at the age of 62.{{cite web | url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1990-05-07-2745108-story.html | title=Chester S. Gierula, 62; Played Pro Football }}