Perry Scott
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1917–1988)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Perry Scott
| image = Perry Scott.jpg
| caption = Scott, {{Circa|1952}}
| number = 82, 83
| position = End
| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|08|27}}
| birth_place = East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|04|04|1917|08|27}}
| death_place = Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 210
| high_school = Bernards (NJ)
| college = Muhlenberg
| draftyear = 1941
| draftround = 15
| draftpick = 135
| pastteams = * Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1942}})
- Bethlehem Bulldogs (1947–1949)
| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 1
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 7
| pfr = ScotPe20
}}
Leonard Perry Scott Jr. (August 27, 1917 – April 4, 1988) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for Muhlenberg from 1937 to 1940 and professional football for the Detroit Lions in 1942 and the Bethlehem Bulldogs from 1947 to 1949. After his playing career ended, he coached high school football in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Early years
Scott was born in 1917 at East Orange, New Jersey. Raised in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, New Jersey, he attended Bernards High School in Bernardsville, and played college football at Muhlenberg College from 1937 to 1940.{{cite web|title=Perry Scott|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=February 12, 2022|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/scot06400.html|archive-date=June 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605120155/https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/scot06400.html|url-status=dead}}[https://www.newspapers.com/article/bernardsville-news-lt-perry-scott-of-ba/125889200/ "Lt. L. P. Scott is Honored Again; Basking Ridge Young Man Receives Third Oak Leaf Cluster To His Air Medal."], Bernardsville News, August 31, 1944. Accessed June 5, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "First Lt. Perry Scott, son of Leonard P. Scott, Basking Ridge, pilot of a B-24 Liberator, has been awarded a third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal.... He is a graduate of Bernards High School, Bernardsville, and of Muhlenherg College, Allentown, Pa. He was prominent in football and various other athletics during his high school and college days."
Professional football and military service
He was selected by the Detroit Lions with the 135th pick of the 1941 NFL draft. He appeared in seven NFL games as an end and tackle for the Lions during the 1942 season.{{Cite web |title=Perry Scott |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/ScotPe20.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}
Scott served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. During the war, he flew B-24 Liberator bombers. He flew 31 combat missions in Europe and attained the rank of major. After the war, he played professional football in the American Football League as an end for the Bethlehem Bulldogs from 1947 to 1949.
Later years
Scott married Emma V. Marsden in 1951. He worked as a history teach and football coach at William Allen High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1948 until his retirement. He died in 1988 at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown.{{cite news|title=L. Perry Scott, ex-football coach for Allen High|newspaper=The Morning Call|date=April 5, 1988|page=B8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94829724/obituary-for-l-perry-scott-aged-70/|via=Newspapers.com}}
References
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Category:American football ends
Category:Bernards High School alumni
Category:Detroit Lions players
Category:Muhlenberg Mules football players
Category:People from Bernards Township, New Jersey
Category:Players of American football from Somerset County, New Jersey
Category:Players of American football from East Orange, New Jersey