Notable burials · Sports
American football players buried in Alabama
Wikidata records 61 football players as buried in 28 of the cemeteries we list in Alabama. Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham holds the most, with 18. Alabama has the 8th highest count of any state, out of 1,537 nationally.
People with American football player among their recorded occupations.
61
football players
28
cemeteries
10%
of notable burials in Alabama
1990s
the decade with the most deaths (14)
Map of cemeteries
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In order of death
American football players buried in Alabama
- Farley William Moody1891-1918American football playerEvergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, AL
- John Penton1870-1919American football player and coachGoodwater Cemetery, Goodwater, AL
- Noah Caton1897-1922American football playerMagnolia Cemetery, Andalusia, AL
- William Fitz Donovan1873-1930American football player and coachElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Earl Wren1893-1932American football player and coachOak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, AL
- Ed Tutwiler1880-1932American football playerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Auxford Burks1883-1938American football playerEvergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, AL
- William Brockman Bankhead1874-1940American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, AL
- Bibb Graves1873-1942Governor of AlabamaGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Marvin Pearce1879-1942American college football playerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Jimmy Walker1913-1943American football and basketball coachTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- Daniel S. Martin1879-1949American football player and coach, college athletics administratorElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Oscar Dahlene1886-1949American football playerTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- Burton Gray Allen1889-1950American-football playerRiverside Cemetery, Demopolis, AL
- Ray Ulrich1899-1950American football playerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Ross V. Ford1900-1955American football player and coachShiloh Cemetery, Hamilton, AL
- Houston Gwin1876-1958American football player and coachProvidence Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Alfred M. Boone1893-1961American football player, baseball player, athletics administrator, insurance executiveForest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- P. R. Bidez1892-1961American football player and bandleaderRosemere Cemetery, Opelika, AL
- Bub Walker1907-1963American football player and coachElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Charles H. Brown1886-1963College football player and coachElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Gordon Holmes1905-1963All-Southern college footballerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Jack Hovaterdied 1965American football playerMemory Hill Cemetery, Dothan, AL
- Buck Harris1876-1965American football playerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- John Shirey1898-1966American football playerCrestview Cemetery, Guntersville, AL
- Virgil Ledbetter1918-1967American football and baseball coachElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Kirk Newell1890-1967American sportspersonElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- George Penton1882-1969American gridiron football playerGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Hank Crisp1896-1970American college coachTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- Dixie Howell1912-1971American football and baseball player and coachHartford City Cemetery, Hartford, AL
- C. W. Streit1884-1971American football player, coach, and officialElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Dave Bernard1912-1973American football playerGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Zeke Martindied 1976American basketball player and coachPine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Harold Drew1894-1979American college football coach, college basketball coachTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- Bear Bryant1913-1983American college football coachElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Buck Flowers1899-1983American football playerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Melvin Vines1904-1984American football player and coachTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- Sheldon Fitts1899-1985American football playerSaint Wilfrids Cemetery, Marion, AL
- Albert Elmore1904-1988American football player and coach, basketball coachOakwood Cemetery, Troy, AL
- Joe Sewell1898-1990American baseball player and coachTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- Bill Atkins1934-1991American football player and coachGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Chucky Mullins1969-1991Player of American footballLuketown Cemetery, Russellville, AL
- Bill Young1914-1994American football offensive linemanTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- Henry Holbert1927-1995American football player and coachOakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Ray Pepper1905-1996American baseball playerAthens City Cemetery, Athens, AL
- Don Hutson1913-1997American football player and coachFayette City Cemetery, Fayette, AL
- Bo Russell1916-1997American football playerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Gene Harlow1919-1998American football player and coachFlorence Cemetery, Florence, AL
- Fred Sington1910-1998American baseball playerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Hoyt Winslett1904-1998American college football player, businessmanTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- Riley Smith1911-1999American football player and coachPine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, AL
- Charlie Bradshaw1923-1999American football player and coachGreenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL
- Durell Mock1929-1999American football player and coachGreenview Memorial Cemetery, Florence, AL
- Billy Hitchcock1916-2006American baseball player, coach, manager, and scoutRosemere Cemetery, Opelika, AL
- Joe Domnanovich1919-2009American football playerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- Billy Neighbors1940-2012American football playerMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Tommy Lewis1931-2014American football playerMaple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL
- Jim Phillips1936-2015American football playerHillview Cemetery, Alexander City, AL
- Ken Stabler1945-2015American football playerPine Rest Cemetery, Foley, AL
- Ray Perkins1941-2020American football playerTuscaloosa Memorial Park, Holt, AL
- Joe Patton1972-2022American football playerElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1910s2
- 1920s1
- 1930s4
- 1940s6
- 1950s4
- 1960s11
- 1970s6
- 1980s5
- 1990s14
- 2000s2
- 2010s4
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 61 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Elmwood Cemetery · Birmingham, AL18
- Tuscaloosa Memorial Park · Holt, AL9
- Greenwood Cemetery · Montgomery, AL5
- Maple Hill Cemetery · Huntsville, AL2
- Rosemere Cemetery · Opelika, AL2
- Evergreen Cemetery · Tuscaloosa, AL2
- Pine Crest Cemetery · Mobile, AL2
- Athens City Cemetery · Athens, AL1
- Greenview Memorial Cemetery · Florence, AL1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Troy, AL1
- Shiloh Cemetery · Hamilton, AL1
- Providence Cemetery · Tuscaloosa, AL1
- Pine Rest Cemetery · Foley, AL1
- Goodwater Cemetery · Goodwater, AL1
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Talladega, AL1
- Saint Wilfrids Cemetery · Marion, AL1
- Crestview Cemetery · Guntersville, AL1
- Hartford City Cemetery · Hartford, AL1
- Florence Cemetery · Florence, AL1
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Birmingham, AL1
- Hillview Cemetery · Alexander City, AL1
- Luketown Cemetery · Russellville, AL1
- Magnolia Cemetery · Andalusia, AL1
- Memory Hill Cemetery · Dothan, AL1
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Jasper, AL1
Top 25 of 28 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
More lists
Other notable burials in Alabama
Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.