Plato Andros
Guard, American football player
1921 – 2008
Who was Plato Andros?
Plato Gus Andrecopoulos was a former college All-American and professional football player. A 6'0", 240 lbs. guard from the University of Oklahoma, 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 was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the 7th round of the 1947 NFL Draft and played four years in the National Football League for the Chicago Cardinals from 1947 to 1950. Plato's brother Dee Andros was also a star lineman at Oklahoma and would eventually become the head football coach and athletic director at Oregon State.
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- Born
- Nov 28, 1921
Oklahoma City - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Oklahoma
- Lived in
- Oklahoma City
- Died
- Sep 22, 2008
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on July 23, 2013
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