Urban Odson - M Club Hall of Fame - University of Minnesota Athletics

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Sep 20

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Sep 22

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Sep 23

Men's Golf

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Urban Odson
Class of 2011
Football: 1939-41

Urban Odson was a three-year letterwinner for the Gophers from 1939-41. He earned All-America and All-Big Ten honors as a tackle in 1940 and was a star on Minnesota's 1940 and 1941 National Championship teams.

Following his Gopher career, Odson was a first-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers. He deferred his NFL career, however, to enter the Navy and served a tour in the Pacific theater aboard the USS Amsterdam.

Odson did eventually return to the Packers and went on to play under Curly Lambeau for four seasons with Green Bay before leaving the NFL after the 1949 season.

In 1950, Odson joined the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League for one season before retiring from professional football.