MacLeod attended
Glenbard West High School in Illinois, then played
college football for the
Dartmouth Big Green, where he was a named by several selectors to the
1937 College Football All-America Team and was a consensus selection for the
1938 College Football All-America Team. while serving as team captain for the
1938 Dartmouth Indians, as the team was then known. He finished fourth in that season's
Heisman Trophy voting. While in college, he also played on the
Dartmouth men's basketball team. MacLeod was selected in the first round of the
1939 NFL draft by the
Brooklyn Dodgers with the fifth overall pick. He was traded to the
Chicago Bears for
Ray Buivid on September 28, and went on to play in nine games for his new team during the
1939 NFL season with four
touchdowns scored. MacLeod also played professional basketball for the
Chicago Bruins of the
National Basketball League (NBL) during the latter part of the 1939–40 season. MacLeod served as a pilot in the
United States Marine Corps during World War II, reaching the rank of major. He was also inducted to the athletic hall of fame at Dartmouth. MacLeod died in January 2003, aged 85; he was survived by this third wife and four children. ==Notes==