Plato Andros

{{Short description|American football player (1921–2008)}}

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| name = Plato Andros

| image = Plato Andros.jpg

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| number = 68

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|11|28}}

| birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|9|22|1921|11|28}}

| death_place = Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 240

| high_school = Central {{avoid wrap|(Oklahoma City)}}

| college = Oklahoma

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| pastteams = * Chicago Cardinals (1947–1950)

| highlights = * NFL champion (1947)

• Second-team All-American (1946)
• First-team All-Big Six (1946)

| pfr = AndrPl20

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Plato Gus Andrecopoulos (November 28, 1921 – September 22, 2008) an American professional football player who was a guard for four seasons with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, earning second-team All-American honors. Andros spent four years in the United States Coast Guard fighting German submarines before coming back to earn All-American honors as a Sooner in 1946. He played in the NFL for the Chicago from 1947 to 1950.

Plato's brother, Dee Andros, was also a star lineman at Oklahoma and later served as the head football coach and athletic director at Oregon State University.{{Cite web |title=Plato Andros |url=http://michaelminn.net/andros/andros/plato/ |publisher=michaelminn.net |accessdate=August 22, 2014}} In addition to football, Andros was a member of the Oklahoma track team.[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/2008_guide_section7.pdf CBS Sports] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404133400/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/2008_guide_section7.pdf |date=April 4, 2019 }} 2007 University of Oklahoma Track & Field Guide, p130