| Date of birth: | February 13, 1918 |
| Place of birth: | Wheeling, West Virginia |
| Date of death: | 1981 (Age 63) |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Position(s): | Halfback, Quarterback |
| College: | West Virginia |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1941 1946-1950 |
Cleveland Rams Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Charles (Charley) Seabright (1918–1981) was an American Football player from Wheeling, West Virginia, where he spent the majority of his professional career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[1] Seabright played both offense and defense with the Steelers from 1946–1950, including stints as the starting quarterback.[2][3] Seabright started every game for the 1947 Steelers in a season that ended in a one-game playoff to eventual champion Philadelphia.[4] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette considered Seabright, who wore number 33, a star player during the championship run.[4] Seabright was one of the last NFL players to play both offense and defense.[5] In addition, Seabright is recognized as being the last professional football player to be a quarterback in the "single-wing" formation, the precursor to the T-formation regularly used by all NFL teams.[6] Seabright began his professional football career with the Cleveland Rams in 1941. However, he left football from 1942-1944 to serve in combat in World War II.
College career[]
Seabright attended West Virginia University (1938–1941) where he is considered one of the two best players from that era, the other being Harry Clarke who went on to be a championship quarterback with the Chicago Bears. Seabright was inducted into the WVU Hall of Fame in 2004.[5]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?section=12165
- ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 6, 1948 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3hENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1750,435901&dq=charley-seabright+and+steelers
- ↑ See Also http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6eQMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=imoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1757,4062131&dq=charley-seabright+and+steelers
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JdcNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W2oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4347,335091&dq=charles-seabright+and+steelers
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.msnsportsnet.com/content/Football-16.pdf
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w9wVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6914,3934539&dq=seabright+and+steelers+and+basketball