Sentence examples for ineligible for the draft from inspiring English sources

The resulting criminal record made Mr. Guthrie ineligible for the draft in the Vietnam War.

Still others exaggerated health problems that hoped would make them ineligible for the draft.

Ms. Braun, a former senator from Illinois, was, of course, ineligible for the draft because she is a woman.

It doesn't help that the conflicts of "Nemesis" are abstract ones: Bucky's spiritual crisis, his shame at being ineligible for the draft, his horror at the polio epidemic.

I quite admired the Weed, currently a lawyer practicing in Atlanta, not only for his wit and good company but also for the fact that he was and is 6-foot-7, which made him ineligible for the draft, a nightmare everyone else our age was about to face in 1965.

Asked if he had a timetable for a decision, he said no. Fitzgerald just completed his sophomore season, which would make him ineligible for the draft; N.F.L. rules require a player to be three years past his high school graduation before applying.

The letter's language, so close to Donald's language, brings up the question of who wrote a letter, years ago — if there was such a letter — telling Doughboy Donald's draft board that he was ineligible for the Vietnam draft because of bone spurs in his heels.

Men are ineligible for the N.B.A. draft until one year after their high school class graduates.

Later that year, he registered for the draft, but he was ineligible for active duty because he was missing the top of his left index finger, from an accident as a child, and he was assigned to an administrative post at a Long Island military base.

He and Clarett applied for the draft and hired agents, making them ineligible to return to college football.

MICHIGAN STATE--Announced WR Agim Shabaj was declared ineligible for the 2005 season and will enter the NFL supplemental draft.