Byron Gentry

Who was Byron Gentry?

Byron Burk Gentry was a professional American football guard in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Gentry played college football at the University of Southern California where he was also a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. At USC, he played on the 1931 and 1932 Rose Bowl championship teams. He was a decorated soldier, serving as an intelligence officer in World War II and later was national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Gentry's post-football career was in the law and he was city attorney of Pasadena, California for sixteen years. He was also a published writer and poet.