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| Position | Guard |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1908-12-16)December 16, 1908 Winder, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died: | March 3, 2000(2000-03-03) (aged 91) Athens, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Georgia (1929–1931) |
| High school | Athens |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Leonidus Milton "Red" Leathers, Jr. (December 16, 1908 – March 3, 2000) was a college football player.
L. Milton Leathers was born to Leonidus Milton Leathers, Sr. and Lottie Honea in Winder, Georgia. He was a resident of Athens, Georgia ever since he was 1 year of age.[1] As an athlete at Athens High School he was the only one to letter in all four sports: football, basketball, baseball, and track.[1]
"Red" Leathers was a prominent guard for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia from 1929to1931. He made an all-time Georgia Bulldogs football team picked in 1935.[2]
He was a part of the team which beat YaleatSanford Stadium in the school's first trip south on October 12, 1929.[1] The other guard was also called "Red"–Ralph Maddox. On that game he said "I doubt they [Yale] have ever come to the South to play football. I'd bet as far south as they had gone before was Philadelphia."[3]
He was selected All-Southernin1930 and 1931.[4] In 1931 he was selected a second-team All-American by the International News Service.[5]
Leathers played for a short time with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) in 1933.[6]
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1930 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections
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