Leroy G. Monsky, Sr. was born April 21, 1916 in Montgomery, Alabama. He was All-State, All-Southern and All-American in football at Sidney Lanier High School. At the University of Alabama he was consensus All- Southeastern as a junior and was All-American as a senior. He was captain of the Crimson Tide's 1937 Rose Bowl Team. He in an All-Time Alabama guard. Frank Thomas and Hank Crisp rated Leroy the "smartest and best guard we ever coached." He died in New York on August 12, 1981.