Dana Carey

Henry Dana Carey (February 3, 1903 – March 22, 1976) was an American football player. A native of California, Carey attended the University of California, Berkeley. He played college football for the California Golden Bears football team and was selected by Liberty as a first-team player on the 1925 College Football All-America Team. He also received All-American honors in 1925 from the Associated Press (3rd team), the All-America Board (2nd team), and Collier's Weekly (2nd team).[1] While in college he was initiated into Sigma Pi fraternity.[2] In 1926, he played professional football for the Los Angeles Wildcats in the first American Football League.[3]

Dana Carey
Position:Guard
Personal information
Born:February 3, 1903
California
Died:March 22, 1976 (age 73)
Napa County, California
Career information
College:California
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-American (1925)

After leaving football he became a dentist in Berkeley, California.[4] He died in 1976 and was buried at Sunset View Cemetery in El Cerrito, California.[5]

References
  1. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1157. ISBN 1401337031.
  2. Langhammer, Jay (Fall 1985). "Sigma Pis in Pro Football" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 74 no. 3. p. 21.
  3. "Dana Carey". databasefootball.com. databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  4. "Alumni News". The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 33 no. 4. February 1947. p. 174.
  5. "H. Dana Carey". Find-a-Grave.com. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
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