1. Leland Swarts Devore was an American college football player and military officer.
11 Facts About Leland Devore
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Leland Devore played football as a tackle with Army and was a consensus selection on the 1911 College Football All-America Team.
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Leland Devore graduated from Wheeling High School and enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
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In 1911, Leland Devore was selected as a first-team All-American, then selected as the captain of the 1912 Army Cadets football team.
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Leland Devore was the heavyweight boxing champion at the academy, the silver medalist in heavyweight wrestling, and lettered in both baseball and basketball.
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Leland Devore was commissioned as a lieutenant in the infantry and accompanied Gen.
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The expedition marked the first use of motorized transport trucks and cars by the US Army, and Leland Devore was selected as the Army's first motor transport officer.
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Leland Devore served as an infantry officer in France during World War I where he was wounded.
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Leland Devore spent his career in the Army and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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Leland Devore later served as commandant and professor of military science at West Virginia University.
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Leland Devore died on January 15,1939, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC following a long illness.