College Fordham Name Len Eshmont | Role American football player Education Fordham University | |
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Date of birth (1917-08-26)August 26, 1917 Place of birth Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania Date of death May 12, 1957(1957-05-12) (aged 39) Place of death Charlottesville, Virginia 1946-1949 San Francisco 49ers (AAFC) Died May 12, 1957, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States NFL draft 1941 (Round: 5 / Pick: 36) Positions Running back, Defensive back | ||
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Leonard Charles Eshmont (August 26, 1917 – May 12, 1957) was an American football running back and defensive back for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). Eshmont scored the first touchdown in 49ers history. He was drafted out of Fordham University by the New York Giants in the 1941 NFL Draft.
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He served as an assistant football coach at Virginia.
Eshmont died in 1957 of infectious hepatitis. The 49ers created The Len Eshmont Award, the team's most prestigious annual honor, which is given to the Niner who best exemplifies the "inspirational and courageous play" of Len Eshmont, a player from the original 1946 Forty Niners team.
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