Paul Duke (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1924–2009)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Paul Duke

| number = 21

| position = Center
Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|9|24|mf=y}}

| birth_place = DeKalb County, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|3|24|1924|9|24}}

| death_place = Austell, Georgia, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 210

| high_school = Druid Hills
(Druid Hills, Georgia)

| college = Georgia Tech

| draftyear = 1946

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 30

| pastteams =

• New York Yankees (1947)

| highlights =

• Consensus All-American (1946)
• First-team All-SEC (1946)
• Second-team All-SEC (1945)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 10

| pfr = DukePa20

}}

Paul Anderson Duke (September 24, 1924{{spaced ndash}}March 24, 2009) was an American professional football center in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He played for the New York Yankees (1947).

Born in DeKalb County, Georgia, he played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team and was selected to the All-Southeastern Conference and All-American teams. While at Georgia Tech he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity. He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1963.{{cite web| url=http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/ot/fame/halloffame.html| title=Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame| work=RamblinWreck.com| publisher=Georgia Tech Athletic Association| accessdate=2007-09-25| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918200605/http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/ot/fame/halloffame.html| archive-date=2011-09-18| url-status=dead}}