Alex Lewis Drobnitch (November 25, 1913 – June 2, 1960) was an

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player. He played

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for the

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team and was selected by the

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as a first-team

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on the

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. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1937 NFL Draft. He later played professional football for

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in 1937, the Buffalo Indians in 1940, and the

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in 1941. He was inducted into the University of Denver Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996. Drobntich was born on November 25, 1913, in

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. He raised on a farm near

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. Drobntich died on June 2, 1960.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drobnitch, Alex 1913 births 1960 deaths American football guards Buffalo Indians players Denver Pioneers football players New York Americans (1940 AFL) players New York Yankees (1936 AFL) players St. Louis Gunners players Sportspeople from Weld County, Colorado Players of American football from Denver