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{{Short description|American football player (1919–1989)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        =
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| image_size  = 
| alt         = 
| caption     = 
| number      = 51
| position    = [[Quarterback|Back]]
| birth_date  = May 17, 1919
| birth_place = [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1989|07|11|1919|05|17|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Woodruff, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 2
| weight_lbs  = 204
| high_school = [[Bay View High School (Milwaukee, WI)|Bay View (WI)]]
| college     = [[Benedictine Ravens football|Benedictine]]
| draftyear   = 1943
| draftround  = 3
| draftpick   = 23
| pastteams   =
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL year|1943}}–{{NFL year|1949}})
| highlights  =
* [[NFL champion]] ([[1944 NFL Championship Game|1944]])
* [[List of NFL season passing yards leaders|NFL passing yards leader]] (1944)
* [[Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]]
| statleague  = NFL
| statlabel1  = Passing attempts
| statvalue1  = 519
| statlabel2  = Passing completions
| statvalue2  = 213
| statlabel3  = Completion percentage
| statvalue3  = 41.0
| statlabel4  = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4  = 28–52
| statlabel5  = Passing yards
| statvalue5  = 3,354
| statlabel6  = Rushing yards
| statvalue6  = 519
| statlabel7  = Rushing touchdowns
| statvalue7  = 7
| statlabel8  = [[Interceptions]]
| statvalue8  = 34
| pfr         = CompIr20 
}}
'''Irving Henry Comp Jr.''' (May 17, 1919 – July 11, 1989) was an [[American football]] player. He played his entire seven-year [[National Football League]] (NFL) career with the [[Green Bay Packers]] and was inducted into the [[Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]] in 1986.

Born in the [[Bay View, Milwaukee|Bay View]] section of [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], Comp had sight in only one eye.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/irv-comp | title = Irv Comp | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = May 25, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230525202629/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/irv-comp | url-status = live }}</ref> He attended college and played [[college football]] at [[Benedictine College]], then known as St. Benedict's College. He graduated in 1942, and became a member of the Ravens Hall of Fame in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.benedictine.edu/benedictine.aspx?pgID=1864|title=Raven Hall of Fame|publisher=Benedictine College|access-date=July 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117145555/http://www.benedictine.edu/benedictine.aspx?pgID=1864|archive-date=January 17, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Comp was the 23rd overall selection of the [[1943 NFL draft]], taken in the [[1943 NFL draft#Round three|third round]] by the [[1943 Green Bay Packers season|Packers]]. In his second season in [[1944 Green Bay Packers season|1944]], he led Green Bay to their sixth league title, defeating the [[1944 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] in the [[1944 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship Game]].<ref name=pwpgrtppg>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4sIwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xmkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4999%2C2040342 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=United Press |title=Packers win pro grid title, 14-7 |date=December 18, 1944 |page=16}}</ref><ref name=pphelppgti>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TjIgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o0wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6178%2C145982 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |agency=United Press |last=Petersen |first=Leo H. |title=Breaks help Packers to pro grid title |date=December 19, 1944 |page=16 }}</ref><ref name=instobl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lN5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w_8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4341%2C2511752 |work=Toledo Blade |location=(Ohio) |agency=INS |title=Packers win 6th pro title by beating Giants, 14-7 |date=December 18, 1944 |page=20}}</ref> When he retired, he was the alltime leader in interceptions with 34, until he was passed the following year.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/def_int_career_1950.htm | title=NFL Career Interceptions Leaders Through 1950 | website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Green Bay Packers 1943 NFL draft picks}}
{{1944 Green Bay Packers}}
{{Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame}}
{{NFL passing yardage leaders}}

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[[Category:1919 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:American football defensive backs]]
[[Category:American football quarterbacks]]
[[Category:American football running backs]]
[[Category:Green Bay Packers players]]
[[Category:Benedictine Ravens football players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Milwaukee]]
[[Category:Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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