Role American football player Weight 88 kg | Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) College Auburn Tigers football Name Monk Gafford Positions Halfback | |
Date of birth: (1920-10-01)October 1, 1920 Date of death: February 19, 1987(1987-02-19) (aged 66) High school: Fort Deposit High School Died February 19, 1987, Montgomery, Alabama, United States | ||
Place of birth: Fort Deposit, Alabama Place of death: Montgomery, Alabama | ||
Monk Gafford: Football Halfback
Roy Haynes "Monk" Gafford, Jr. (October 1, 1920 – February 19, 1987) was an American football player. He played college football for the Auburn Tigers football team and gained 1,004 yards rushing in 1942 with an average of 7.6 yards per carry. He was selected by the International News Service as a first-team halfback on the 1942 College Football All-America Team. He was selected by the Steagles with the 17th pick in the 1943 NFL Draft. However, his professional football career was delayed due to military service during World War II. After the war, Gafford played three seasons in the NFL with the Miami Seahawks in 1946 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1946, 1947 and 1948 seasons. He was the president of a steel plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for 28 years. He returned to Alabama in his retirement and died of cancer in 1987 at age 66.