Len Younce
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Leonard Alonzo Younce (January 8, 1917 – March 26, 2000) was an American professional football player and coach. He had a six-year career, interrupted by World War II in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the New York Giants. Younce played college football for the Oregon State Beavers and was selected by the Giants in the eighth round of the 1941 NFL draft.
Younce is a member of the Oregon State University Athletic and Oregon Sports Halls of Fame.
Playing career
Born in Dayton, Oregon,[1] Younce attended Roosevelt High School[2] in Portland and then played college football at Oregon State College in Corvallis. He was selected in the eighth round (67th overall) by the New York Giants in the 1941 NFL draft, and played a variety of positions, including linebacker, offensive lineman, placekicker, and punter.[3] Younce was a first-team All-Pro selection in 1943 by the International News Service.[4] In 1946, he was a first-team selection by the New York Daily News and a second-team selection by the Associated Press and United Press International.[5]
Coaching career
After retiring from playing, Younce was an assistant coach at Oregon State University from 1949 to 1954,[2] and with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Edmonton Eskimos.[2][6] He served as the linebackers coach for the Portland Loggers of the Continental Football League in 1969.[7]
Later years
Younce was coaxed out of retirement to coach high school football for one year at Joseph High School in the small eastern Oregon town of Joseph in 1992. He intended to continue, but health problems prevented his return.[6]
Younce was an inaugural inductee of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980,[8] and was inducted into the OSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.[2] He died in Portland, Oregon on March 26, 2000.[9]
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