Elmer Sleight

Elmer Noble "Red" Sleight (1907 - August 9, 1978) was an All-American football player.

Elmer Sleight
Personal information
Born:(1907-07-08)July 8, 1907
Sisseton, South Dakota, U.S.
Died:August 9, 1978(1978-08-09) (aged 71)
Naples, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:226 lb (103 kg)
Career information
College:Purdue
Position:Tackle
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:26
Player stats at NFL.com

Sleight was born in 1907 in Morris, Illinois, and attended Morris High School.[1]

He played at the tackle position for the Purdue University Boilermakers from 1927 to 1929.[1] He was a consensus first-team player on the 1929 All-America college football team, receiving first-team honors from the Associated Press, Collier's Weekly, International News Service an All-America Board.[2] He also received the Western Conference medal for proficiency in scholarship and athletics and was one of 11 All-American football players to appear in the 1930 film "Maybe It's Love".[3][4]

He played professionally for the Green Bay Packers in 1930 and 1931.[5] He appeared in 26 NFL games for the Packers, 19 of them as a starter.[1]

After his playing career ended, Sleight held assistant coaching positions at Missouri and then Lehigh.[6][7] He later went into marketing in Chicago. He moved to Naples, Florida, after retiring. He died in Naples in 1978 at age 71.[8]

References
  1. "Elmer Sleight". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  2. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  3. "Elmer Sleight Gets Conference Medal". The Minneapolis Tribune. June 11, 1930. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Maybe It's Love". American Film Institute.
  5. "Boilermakers in the Pros". Purdue Official Athletic Site. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  6. "Sleight, Huff, Edwards and Fisher Stay". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. March 21, 1934. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Elmer Sleight Is Added to Lehigh U. Grid Staff". Berwick Enterprise. June 5, 1936. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Purdue All-American Sleight Dies at 71". The Naples Daily News. August 9, 1978. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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