Hall of Fame
Lindsay Warford was born on January 8, 1911. He attended McClymonds High School where he played football under coach Elwood Hess, and was a member of the team that won the Oakland Athletic League Football Championship for three consecutive years from 1926 to 1929.
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Warford attended the then Saint Ignatius College and played both baseball and football for the then Grey Fog. He was also a track pentathalon winner. Warford graduated in 1933 and became one of the members of the professional football team that was formed in San Francisco in 1934.
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He served in the United States Navy in World War II as a Chief Petty Officer at the San Diego Naval Base. After his service, he became a salesman, and settled in Petaluma. Â
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