Elmer Madar
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

End, Michigan, 1939–⁠46

Elmer Madar

Lettered 1941–⁠46 (school media guide)

Born
Nov 28, 1920, in Sykesville, Pennsylvania
Died
Feb 9, 1972, in Detroit, Michigan

Elmer Madar played end at Michigan (1939–⁠42, 1946). The Florida Seahawks took Madar first overall in the 1947 AAFC Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1946
First-team All-Big Nine
Drafted
No. 1
Overall, 1947 AAFC Draft (Florida Seahawks)

Honors

All-America: AP first team 1946; INS second team 1946; Central Press third team 1946

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1947AAFCBaltimore Colts

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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