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Derrell Palmer (August 27, 1922 – February 22, 2009) was an American football tackle who played eight seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and in the National Football League (NFL), mainly with the Cleveland Browns. Palmer grew up in Texas and played college football at Texas Christian University, where he became the defensive captain and was named an All-American in 1943. After three years in the U.S. Marines, Palmer began his professional career with the New York Yankees in the AAFC. The Yankees won their division in 1946 and 1947, but lost in the AAFC championship game both years to the Browns. Palmer was traded to the Browns before the 1949 season and remained with the team through 1953. Cleveland won the AAFC championship in 1949 and the NFL championship in 1950. After retiring in 1953, Palmer moved back to Texas and worked for Sherwin-Williams for 32 years. He was inducted into TCU's hall of fame in 1978. He died in 2009. ==Early life and college== Palmer grew up in Breckenridge, Texas and played football, baseball and was on the track and field team at Albany High School near his hometown. He suffered a hip injury in high school, and doctors told him he would never play football again.〔 Palmer, however, graduated and enrolled at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, where he played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs.〔 Palmer played for TCU as a tackle starting in 1940, his sophomore year. The team finished with a 3–7 win–loss record under head coach Dutch Meyer in his first year. In 1941, however, the team improved to a 7–3–1 win–loss–tie record and met the University of Georgia Bulldogs in the Orange Bowl. Palmer, by then a junior and the defensive captain, played well in the game, but TCU lost 40–26 to a Georgia team led by quarterback Frank Sinkwich.〔 Palmer continued to be a leader for TCU in 1942 and was named an All-American by sportswriters. The team finished with a 7–3 record.〔〔 The Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) selected Palmer in the 1943 draft, but he decided to put off his professional career to serve in the U.S. Marines during World War II.〔 He went to Officer Candidates School and graduated as a second lieutenant.〔 He then served in the Pacific War and spent two and a half years as a military policeman at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.〔 He played for his base's football team.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Derrell Palmer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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