Early Years
Drew was born in 1894 in Dyer Brook, Maine, and raised in Patten, Maine. He attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, where he was played for the school's football and baseball teams and competed in the pole vault for the track team. Known as "Spud" Drew during his college years, Drew received his degree from Bates in 1916.
In 1916, Drew enrolled for graduate studies at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. While attending Springfield College, he played football and was the captain of the school's 1917 football team.
In November 1917, Drew joined the United States Navy, serving in the Canal Zone as an ensign and a naval aviator during World War I from 1917 to 1918. After the war, Drew returned to Springfield where he played for the school's 1919 football team. He received a B.P.E. degree from Springfield in 1920.
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