Frank Ribar

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Frank Ribar

| number = 40

| position = Guard
Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|1|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Wickhaven, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|10|1|1915|1|15}}

| death_place = Northampton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 190

| high_school = Aliquippa
(Aliquippa, Pennsylvania)

| college = Duke

| draftyear = 1940

| draftround = 18

| draftpick = 166

| pastteams =

Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1943}})

| highlights =

Third-team All-American (1939)
First-team All-SoCon (1939)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 2

| pfr = RibaFr20

}}

Frank Andrew Ribar (born Hribar) (January 15, 1917 – October 1, 1976) was an American football guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins.

Biography

Ribar played high school football at Aliquippa High School, in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, and college football at Duke University, where he was an All-American and a member of the 1938 Blue Devils team that was unscored upon during regular season (Claassen). He was a member of the Southern team during the 1939 Blue and Gray football game. He also competed in varsity boxing while at Duke (Chanticleer, 1940). He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 18th round of the 1940 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1940 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1940/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

He also played for the Norfolk Shamrocks of the Dixie League, and on military teams. He was inducted into the Aliquippa Sports Hall of Fame in 1975, and Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.

References

Sources

Claassen, H. 1963. Football's Unforgettable Games. Ronald Press.

External links

[http://www.bcshof.org/halloffamers/hribar2001.htm Short biography at Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame web page]
[https://archive.org/stream/chanticleerseria1940duke/chanticleerseria1940duke_djvu.txt Duke University Chanticleer 1940]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=SFOYbPikdlgC&dat=19391210&printsec=frontpage Spartanburg Herald Journal, December 10, 1939]

Category:1917 births

Category:1976 deaths

Category:Players of American football from Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Category:American football guards

Category:Duke Blue Devils football players

Category:Washington Redskins players

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

Category:Dixie League (American football) players