Irv Comp

{{Short description|American football player (1919–1989)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

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| number = 51

| position = Back

| birth_date = May 17, 1919

| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|07|11|1919|05|17|mf=y}}

| death_place = Woodruff, Wisconsin, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 204

| high_school = Bay View (WI)

| college = Benedictine

| draftyear = 1943

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 23

| pastteams =

• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL year|1943}}–{{NFL year|1949}})

| highlights =

• NFL champion (1944)
• NFL passing yards leader (1944)
• Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame

| statleague = NFL

| statlabel1 = Passing attempts

| statvalue1 = 519

| statlabel2 = Passing completions

| statvalue2 = 213

| statlabel3 = Completion percentage

| statvalue3 = 41.0

| statlabel4 = TD–INT

| statvalue4 = 28–52

| statlabel5 = Passing yards

| statvalue5 = 3,354

| statlabel6 = Rushing yards

| statvalue6 = 519

| statlabel7 = Rushing touchdowns

| statvalue7 = 7

| statlabel8 = Interceptions

| statvalue8 = 34

| pfr = CompIr20

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Irving Henry Comp Jr. (May 17, 1919 – July 11, 1989) was an American football player. He played his entire seven-year National Football League (NFL) career with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1986.

Born in the Bay View section of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Comp had sight in only one eye.{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/irv-comp | title = Irv Comp | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = May 25, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230525202629/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/irv-comp | url-status = live }} He attended college and played college football at Benedictine College, then known as St. Benedict's College. He graduated in 1942, and became a member of the Ravens Hall of Fame in 1988.{{cite web|url=http://www.benedictine.edu/benedictine.aspx?pgID=1864|title=Raven Hall of Fame|publisher=Benedictine College|access-date=July 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117145555/http://www.benedictine.edu/benedictine.aspx?pgID=1864|archive-date=January 17, 2009|url-status=dead}}

Comp was the 23rd overall selection of the 1943 NFL draft, taken in the third round by the Packers. In his second season in 1944, he led Green Bay to their sixth league title, defeating the New York Giants in the NFL Championship Game.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4sIwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xmkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4999%2C2040342 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=United Press |title=Packers win pro grid title, 14-7 |date=December 18, 1944 |page=16}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TjIgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o0wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6178%2C145982 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |agency=United Press |last=Petersen |first=Leo H. |title=Breaks help Packers to pro grid title |date=December 19, 1944 |page=16 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lN5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w_8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4341%2C2511752 |work=Toledo Blade |location=(Ohio) |agency=INS |title=Packers win 6th pro title by beating Giants, 14-7 |date=December 18, 1944 |page=20}} When he retired, he was the alltime leader in interceptions with 34, until he was passed the following year.{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/def_int_career_1950.htm | title=NFL Career Interceptions Leaders Through 1950 | website=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}