Position(s) RB Name Carl Galbreath | Role American football player Cfl all star 1950 | |
Date of birth (1927-04-15)April 15, 1927 Date of death August 26, 2009(2009-08-26) (aged 82) Place of death Fayetteville, North Carolina Awards 1950 - Imperial Oil Trophy Died August 26, 2009, Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States College North Carolina State University | ||
Carl S. Galbreath (April 15, 1927 – August 26, 2009) was an award-winning and all-star running back in the Ontario Rugby Football Union.
A graduate of North Carolina Central University, he was a star player in college, selected as an All-CIAA running back four years and a Little All-American twice. He played one year of football in Canada, 1950, with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers of the ORFU and it was a successful one. His team won the league championship, he was an all-star, and he won the Imperial Oil Trophy as MVP in the ORFU.
After his football days, Galbreath served with the Army in the Korean War, and later became a teacher and Assistant Principal. He was elected to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1995. He died on August 26, 2009.