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{{Short description|American football player (1921–2008)}}
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| name          = Plato Andros
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| number        = 68
| position      = [[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]]
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1921|11|28}}
| birth_place   = [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2008|9|22|1921|11|28}}
| death_place   = [[Norman, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 0
| weight_lb     = 240
| high_school   = [[Central High School (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)|Central]] {{avoid wrap|(Oklahoma City)}}
| college       = [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]
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| pastteams     = * [[Chicago Cardinals]] (1947–1950)
| highlights    = * [[List of NFL champions (1920–69)|NFL champion]] ([[1947 NFL Championship Game|1947]])
* Second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1946 College Football All-America Team|1946]])
* First-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Six]] ([[1946 All-Big Six Conference football team|1946]])
| pfr           = AndrPl20 
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'''Plato Gus Andrecopoulos''' (November 28, 1921 – September 22, 2008) an American professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[Guard (gridiron football)|guard]] for four seasons with the [[Chicago Cardinals]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] for the [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma Sooners]], earning second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] honors. Andros spent four years in the [[United States Coast Guard]] fighting German [[submarines]] before coming back to earn All-American honors as a Sooner in 1946. He played in the NFL for the Chicago from 1947 to 1950.

Plato's brother, [[Dee Andros]], was also a star lineman at Oklahoma and later served as the head football coach and [[athletic director]] at [[Oregon State University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plato Andros |url=http://michaelminn.net/andros/andros/plato/ |publisher=michaelminn.net |accessdate=August 22, 2014}}</ref> In addition to football, Andros was a member of the Oklahoma track team.<ref>[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/2008_guide_section7.pdf CBS Sports] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404133400/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/2008_guide_section7.pdf |date=April 4, 2019 }} 2007 University of Oklahoma Track & Field Guide, p130</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Find a Grave}}

{{1947 Chicago Cardinals}}

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[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[Category:American football guards]]
[[Category:Chicago Cardinals players]]
[[Category:Oklahoma Sooners football players]]
[[Category:Oklahoma Sooners men's track and field athletes]]
[[Category:United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Oklahoma City]]
[[Category:American people of Greek descent]]
[[Category:Sportspeople of Greek descent]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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