Daryl Cato
{{Short description|American football player (1920–1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Daryl Cato
| image = Daryl Cato.jpg
| caption = Daryl Cato, c. 1939
| number =
| position = Center
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|1|8}}
| birth_place = Lonoke, Arkansas, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|10|3|1920|1|8}}
| death_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 195
| high_school = Lonoke (AR)
| college = Arkansas
| draftyear =
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| pastteams = * Miami Seahawks (1946)
| highlights = * Second-team All-SWC (1941)
| pfr = CatoDa20
}}
Ralph Daryl Cato (January 8, 1920 – October 3, 1970) was an American football center.
Cato was born in Lonoke, Arkansas in 1920 and attended Lonoke High School. He played college football for Arkansas.{{cite news|title=Cato, Arkansas Center, Shows Real Promise|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=October 19, 1939|page=29|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45995621/cato-arkansas-center-shows-real/|via=Newspapers.com}} He was selected by the Associated Press and United Press as the second-team center on the 1941 All-Southwest Conference football team.{{cite news|title=All-Southwest Selections|newspaper=The Paris News|date=December 10, 1941|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3041194/all_sw_selections/}}{{cite news|title=United Press All-S'West '11|newspaper=The Abilene Reporter-News|date=December 2, 1941|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3041139/up_all_southwest_11/}}
He played professional football in the All-America Football Conference for the Miami Seahawks in 1946. He appeared in a total of 12 professional games, three of them as a starter.{{cite web|title=Daryl Cato Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=March 2, 2020|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CatoDa20.htm}}