Milton Summerfelt
| Army Black Knights | |
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| Position | Guard |
| Career history | |
| College | Army (1932) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | June 16, 1908 |
| Place of birth | Benton Harbor, Michigan |
| Date of death | October 15, 1984 (aged 76) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Consensus All-American (1932)
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Milton Frederick Summerfelt (June 16, 1908 – October 15, 1984) was an American football player and a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force. He played for the Army Black Knights football team and was selected as a consensus first-team guard on the 1932 College Football All-America Team.
Summerfelt was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in 1908. He began his education at Western Michigan State College and Northwestern University, befort being accepted into the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
While at the Academy, he played at the guard position for the Army Black Knights football team and was a consensus selection for the 1932 College Football All-America Team. He graduated from the Academy in 1933.
After graduating from West Point, Summerfelt undertook flight training and served at Luke Field in Hawaii, Mitchel Field on Long Island, and the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. With the United States entry into World War II, he was assigned to Army Air Force headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he was assigned to bombardment operations. In 1944, he was assigned to temporary duty in the China Burma India Theater. He assumed command of a B-29 Superfortress bomber group stationed on Okinawa in 1945.
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