Dewey McConnell

{{Short description|American football player (1930–1984)}}

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| name = Dewey McConnell

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| number = 26

| position = End

| birth_date = January 26, 1930

| birth_place = Laramie, Wyoming

| death_date = February 19, 1984

| death_place = Laramie, Wyoming

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 190

| high_school = Laramie (WY)

| college = Wyoming

| draftyear = 1952

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 37
(by the Los Angeles Rams){{cite web|url=http://databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=LAM&lg=nfl&yr=1952 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104211937/http://databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=LAM&lg=nfl&yr=1952 |title=1952 Los Angeles Rams |website=databaseFootball.com |archive-date=January 4, 2010 |url-status=usurped |access-date=July 17, 2020}}

| pastteams =

• Pittsburgh Steelers (1954)

| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1951)

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Dewey L. McConnell (January 26, 1930 – February 19, 1984) was an American football player. A native of Laramie, Wyoming, McConnell played college football for the Wyoming Cowboys football team. After leading the NCAA with 47 receptions for 725 yards during the 1951 season, McConnell was selected by the Associated Press and the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team player on their 1951 College Football All-America Teams.{{cite news|title=AP's All-American Grid Team|newspaper=Greeley Daily Tribune|date=December 7, 1951}}{{cite news|author=Harry Grayson|author-link=Harry Grayson|title=Kazmaier, Lauricella Unanimous NEA All-American Eleven Selections|newspaper=Brownsville Herald|location=Brownsville, Texas|date=December 4, 1951}} He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams with the 37th pick in the 1952 NFL draft Dewey then served in the US Navy in San Diego from mid 1952 to mid 1954. After leaving the Navy Dewey was traded to Pittsburgh where he played during the 1954 season.{{cite web|title=Dewey McConnell|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=February 5, 2015|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McCoDe20.htm}} McConnell was inducted into the Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995.{{cite web|title=Dewey L. McConnell|publisher=Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame|url=http://wyohof.com/?players=dewey-l-mcconnell}}