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{{Short description|American football player (1907–1985)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
|image=Nate Barragar 1932.jpg
|birth_date={{Birth date|1907|6|3}}
|birth_place=[[Dearing, Kansas]], U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|1985|8|10|1907|6|3}}
|death_place=[[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
|position=[[Center (American football)|C]]
|college=[[USC Trojans football|USC]]
|height_ft=6
|height_in=0
|weight_lbs=212
|pastteams=
* [[Minneapolis Red Jackets]] (1930)
* [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]] (1930–1931)
* [[Green Bay Packers]] (1931–1935)
|highlights =
* 2× Second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1928 College Football All-America Team|1928]], [[1929 College Football All-America Team|1929]])
* 2× First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-PCC]] ([[1928 All-Pacific Coast football team|1928]], [[1929 All-Pacific Coast football team|1929]])
| pfr = BarrNa20
}}

'''Nathan Robert Barragar''' (June 3, 1907 – August 10, 1985) was an American collegiate and professional [[American football|football]] player.

==Biography==
Barragar was the only son of Nathaniel Hawthorne Barragar (1872–1943), a [[clergyman]], and Olive Jan (Littleton) Barragar (1875–1955). The family moved to [[Yakima, Washington]], then eventually settled in [[Los Angeles]]. Nathan played high school football in [[San Fernando, California|San Fernando]].  {{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

==Football career==
Barragar was an [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] at [[University of Southern California|USC]] (1929), where he played as an offensive lineman.  While at USC he was a member of [[Phi Sigma Kappa]] fraternity.<ref name="Signet, Fall 2021">{{Cite journal
| journal = The Signet, A Magazine for Members of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity
| title = They Made the Cut: Phi Sigs who made their name on the gridiron.
| author = Staff article, no byline
| editor = Nicholas Zuniga
| date = Fall 2021
| volume=CXI |issue=2 |pages=38–42
}}</ref>

He was an [[All-Pro]] for the [[Green Bay Packers]] (1931–1932, 1934–1935), he also played for the [[Minneapolis Red Jackets]] (1930), and the [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]] (1930, 1931). Inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003, and the [[Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]] in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/nate-barragar | title = Nate Barragar | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = June 6, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230606231058/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/nate-barragar | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Military service==
Barragar served in the [[United States Army]] during World War II, attaining the rank of Sergeant.

==Motion picture and television career==
He began working in films while playing pro football. His credits as a motion picture and television director, production manager, and producer include ''[[Gunga Din (film)|Gunga Din]]'', ''[[Hondo (film)|Hondo]]'', and ''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]'', and on such television series as ''[[The Gene Autry Show]]'', ''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]'', ''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'', ''[[Have Gun – Will Travel]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', and ''[[Julia (1968 TV series)|Julia]]''.<ref name="Signet, Fall 2021" />

==Personal life==
On 29 November 1935, Barragar married [[Seattle]] socialite Jeanette Edris, who left him less than three months later.<ref>[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=105396055 "Rift" ''Oakland Trubune via newspaperarchive.com''] 17 September 2011</ref>  She married her fourth husband, [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], in 1956.<ref>[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=107288693 "Penthouse Princess Seen as Successor for 'Bobo' on Hearth of Rockefeller" ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via newspaperarchive.com''] 17 September 2011</ref>  He remained married to his second wife, Dorothea Earle, until his death.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|3687680}}
* {{IMDb name|0056643}}
{{1928 USC Trojans football navbox}}
{{1931 Green Bay Packers}}
{{Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame}}

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[[Category:1907 births]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Montgomery County, Kansas]]
[[Category:American football offensive linemen]]
[[Category:USC Trojans football players]]
[[Category:Green Bay Packers players]]
[[Category:Frankford Yellow Jackets players]]
[[Category:United States Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:United States Army non-commissioned officers]]
[[Category:Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]]