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Born: | Pataskala, Ohio | March 19, 1901
Died: | November 4, 1986 Hendersonville, North Carolina | (aged 85)
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight: | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | East (OH), Loveland (CO) |
College: | Wooster |
Position: | Guard, tackle |
Career history | |
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John Evans Layport (March 19, 1901 – November 4, 1986) was an American football player.
Layport was born in 1901 in Pataskala, Ohio, and attended East High School in Cincinnati and Loveland High School.[1] He played college football for Wooster College from 1920 to 1922 as a guard and was the captain of the 1922 Wooster football team. His brothers, Herbert and Charles Layport, also played for Wooster's football team.[2][1]
Layport also played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Columbus Tigers in 1924 and the Dayton Triangles in 1925 and 1926. He appeared in 13 NFL games.[3]
He served in the Army during World War II and worked as a traffic department executive from AT&T.[4] After retiring from AT&T, he moved to Virginia.[5] He was married to Marguerite LaPorte, an opera singer.[6] He died in 1986 in Hendersonville, North Carolina.[4]