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{{Short description|American football player (1901–1963)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|1|1}}
| birth_place = [[Allegheny, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|6|2|1901|1|1}}
| death_place = [[Pleasantville, New York]], U.S.
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| position1 = [[Tackle (American and Canadian football)|Tackle]]
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| college = [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]]
| playing_years1 = 1925
| playing_team1 = [[New York Giants]]
| playing_years2 = 1926
| playing_team2 = [[Philadelphia Quakers (AFL)|Philadelphia Quakers]]
| playing_years3 = 1927–1928
| playing_team3 = New York Giants
| career_highlights = * [[List of NFL champions|NFL champion]] ([[1927 New York Giants season|1927]])
* [[American Football League (1926)|AFL champion]] ([[Philadelphia Quakers (AFL)|1926]])
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1923 College Football All-America Team|1923]])
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| CollegeHOF = 1445
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'''Century Allen "Wally" Milstead''' (January 1, 1901 – June 2, 1963) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) and [[American Football League (1926)|American Football League]] (AFL).  He played [[college football]] at [[Wabash College]] and at [[Yale University]], where his play earned him [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] recognition.  On his way from Wabash to Yale in early 1922, he attended [[Syracuse University]] where he was the heavyweight starter for the Orangemen wrestling team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2024/Syracuse%20NY%20Post%20Standard/Syracuse%20NY%20Post%20Standard%201963/Syracuse%20NY%20Post%20Standard%201963%20-%207229.pdf|title=Keeping Posted with Bill Reddy|last=Reddy|first=Bill|date=June 4, 1963|publisher=Syracuse Post-Standard|access-date=May 21, 2024}}</ref> Milstead went on to play with the professional [[Philadelphia Quakers (AFL)|Philadelphia Quakers]] of the AFL and the [[New York Giants]] of the NFL.  He got his name for being born on the first day of the twentieth century, January 1, 1901.  Milstead was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1977.

He also spent time as a [[professional wrestler]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=26838&page=4 | title=Century Milstead | publisher=Cagematch.net | accessdate=22 September 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of gridiron football players who became professional wrestlers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{cfbhof|id=1445|name=Century Milstead}}
* {{Find a Grave|26172723}}

{{1925 New York Giants}}
{{1927 New York Giants}}
{{1923 College Football Consensus All-Americans}}

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[[Category:1901 births]]
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[[Category:American football tackles]]
[[Category:New York Giants players]]
[[Category:Philadelphia Quakers (AFL) players]]
[[Category:Wabash Little Giants football players]]
[[Category:Yale Bulldogs football players]]
[[Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Rock Island, Illinois]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Rock Island County, Illinois]]
[[Category:People from Pleasantville, New York]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Mount Pleasant, New York]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Westchester County, New York]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Pittsburgh]]
[[Category:20th-century male professional wrestlers]]
[[Category:20th-century American professional wrestlers]]
[[Category:American male professional wrestlers]]
[[Category:Professional wrestlers from Pennsylvania]]


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