Nate Barragar
{{Short description|American football player (1907–1985)}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
|image=Nate Barragar 1932.jpg
|birth_date={{Birth date|1907|6|3}}
|birth_place=Dearing, Kansas, U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|1985|8|10|1907|6|3}}
|death_place=Santa Monica, California, U.S.
|position=C
|college=USC
|height_ft=6
|height_in=0
|weight_lbs=212
|pastteams=
- Minneapolis Red Jackets (1930)
- Frankford Yellow Jackets (1930–1931)
- Green Bay Packers (1931–1935)
|highlights =
| pfr = BarrNa20
}}
Nathan Robert Barragar (June 3, 1907 – August 10, 1985) was an American collegiate and professional football player.
Biography
Barragar was the only son of Nathaniel Hawthorne Barragar (1872–1943), a clergyman, and Olive Jan (Littleton) Barragar (1875–1955). The family moved to Yakima, Washington, then eventually settled in Los Angeles. Nathan played high school football in San Fernando. {{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}
Football career
Barragar was an All-American at USC (1929), where he played as an offensive lineman. While at USC he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.{{Cite journal
| journal = The Signet, A Magazine for Members of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity
| title = They Made the Cut: Phi Sigs who made their name on the gridiron.
| author = Staff article, no byline
| editor = Nicholas Zuniga
| date = Fall 2021
| volume=CXI |issue=2 |pages=38–42
}}
He was an All-Pro for the Green Bay Packers (1931–1932, 1934–1935), he also played for the Minneapolis Red Jackets (1930), and the Frankford Yellow Jackets (1930, 1931). Inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003, and the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1979.{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/nate-barragar | title = Nate Barragar | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = June 6, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230606231058/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/nate-barragar | url-status = live }}
Military service
Barragar served in the United States Army during World War II, attaining the rank of Sergeant.
Motion picture and television career
He began working in films while playing pro football. His credits as a motion picture and television director, production manager, and producer include Gunga Din, Hondo, and Sands of Iwo Jima, and on such television series as The Gene Autry Show, The Roy Rogers Show, Adventures of Superman, Have Gun – Will Travel, Gunsmoke, and Julia.
Personal life
On 29 November 1935, Barragar married Seattle socialite Jeanette Edris, who left him less than three months later.[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=105396055 "Rift" Oakland Trubune via newspaperarchive.com] 17 September 2011 She married her fourth husband, Winthrop Rockefeller, in 1956.[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=107288693 "Penthouse Princess Seen as Successor for 'Bobo' on Hearth of Rockefeller" Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via newspaperarchive.com] 17 September 2011 He remained married to his second wife, Dorothea Earle, until his death.
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|3687680}}
- {{IMDb name|0056643}}
{{1928 USC Trojans football navbox}}
{{1931 Green Bay Packers}}
{{Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Montgomery County, Kansas
Category:American football offensive linemen
Category:USC Trojans football players
Category:Green Bay Packers players
Category:Frankford Yellow Jackets players
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II