Gust Zarnas

Greece-born American football player (1913–2000)

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American football player

Gust Zarnas

No. 28, 26, 63

Position:

Personal information

Born:

(1913年12月16日)December 16, 1913
Icaria, Greece

Died:

December 26, 2000(2000年12月26日) (aged 87)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Height:

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Weight:

220 lb (100 kg)

Career information

High school:

College:

NFL draft:

1938 / round: 5 / pick: 40

Career history

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	28
Games started:	7
Stats at Pro Football Reference

College Football Hall of Fame

Gustave "Gust" Constantine Zarnas (December 16, 1913 – December 26, 2000) was a college football All-American and professional football player. He was selected in the fifth round of the 1938 NFL draft.^[1] He is distinguished as being the first Greek to play in the National Football League (NFL).

Born in Icaria, Greece, Zarnas came to America with his parents. He played the guard position at the Ohio State University from 1935 to 1937 and received All-American recognition his last year as a Buckeye. At 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 220 lbs., Zarnas played professionally in the NFL for the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers from 1938 to 1940, and enlisted into the United States Navy becoming a lieutenant during World War II. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975.