Gust Zarnas
Guard, American football player
1913 – 2000
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Who was Gust Zarnas?
Gustave Constantine Zarnas was a college football All-American and professional football player.
Born in Ikaria, Greece, Zarnas came to America with his parents. He played the guard position at the Ohio State University from 1935 to 1937 and received All-American recognition his last year as a Buckeye. At 5 ft 10 in, 220 lbs., Zarnas played professionally in the NFL for the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers from 1938 to 1940, and enlisted into the United States Navy becoming a lieutenant during World War II. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975.
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- Born
- Dec 16, 1913
Greece - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Ohio State University
- Lived in
- Greece
- Died
- Dec 26, 2000
Bethlehem
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on July 23, 2013
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