.jpg) Van Every, circa 1942 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Positions | Halfback Defensive back | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1918-02-10)February 10, 1918 Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 11, 2007(2007-08-11) (aged 89) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Wayzata (MN) | ||||||||||||||||
| College | Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1940: 1st round, 9th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||
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Harold Van Every (February 10, 1918 – August 11, 2007) was an American professionalfootballback in theNational Football League (NFL) who played 21 games for theGreen Bay Packers. In 1940, the Green Bay Packers used the ninth pick in the first round of the1940 NFL draft to sign Van Every out of theUniversity of Minnesota.[1] Van Every went on to play for two seasons with the Packers and retired in 1941.
Van Every then joined theUnited States Army forWorld War II, then transferred to the Air Corps after six months, becoming a bomber pilot.[2] He was assigned to 510th Squadron,447th Bomb Group,Eighth Air Force, flying aBoeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber out ofRattlesden Air Base in England.[2] On his ninth mission, his B-17 was shot down by flak on May 12, 1944. He was taken prisoner and sent toStalag Luft III, arriving just after the famous "Great Escape".[2] Near the end of the war, with the Russians closing in, the Germans marched theirprisoners away from the camp. Finally, on April 29, 1945, the POWs were liberated byGeorge S. Patton'sThird Army.[2]
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