George Groves (June 10, 1921 â July 23, 2011) was an American professional football player who was a guard in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He played college football for the Marquette Hilltoppers.
Groves was born George Noah Groves June 10, 1921, in Hammond, Indiana. He died July 23, 2011, in Mexico, Missouri.
Groves played professionally with the Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills and the Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference in 1946 1947 and 1948. Previously, he had been drafted in the thirty-second round of the 1945 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears.
He played at the collegiate level at Marquette University.