Corbett Davis

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Corbett Davis
Date of birth: December 8, 1914
Place of birth: Lowell, Indiana, United States
Date of death: May 28, 1968
Career information
Position(s): Fullback
College: Indiana
NFL Draft: 1938 / Round: 1 / Pick 1
Organizations
 As player:
1938-1942 Cleveland Rams
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Corbett "Corby" Davis (born December 8, 1914 in Lowell, Indiana, died May 28, 1968 in Houlton, Maine) is a former American football fullback. He was the first overall pick in the 1938 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Rams.

He spent four seasons with the Cleveland Rams, leaving pro football to enlist in the service in 1942. Corbett served as a rifleman with the Second Infantry Division in France during World War II. He wa wounded in action in 1944, and continued his service in England after recovering from his injuries.

After returning to the States, Corbett worked as an official for games in the Big Ten Conference. From 1952 until his death, he worked for the Scott Foresman publishing company. He died while on a fishing trip in Maine in May of 1968. He lost his footing while stepping out of a boat, fell on a tree branch, and ruptured his spleen.

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