Butch Avinger
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Fullback Punter | ||||||||
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Born: |
Beatrice, Alabama | December 15, 1928||||||||
Died: |
August 20, 2008 79) Birmingham, Alabama | (aged||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Montgomery (AL) Sidney Lanier | ||||||||
College: | Alabama | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1951 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9 | ||||||||
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Clarence "Butch" Edmund Avinger (December 15, 1928 – August 20, 2008) was a professional American football fullback and punter in the National Football League. At 6'1", 215–lb, Avinger was a 1st round selection (9th overall pick) of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1951 NFL Draft out of the University of Alabama where he had played quarterback.[1] He only saw action in 1953 when he played for the New York Giants.
References
- ↑ "Honoring the Crimson Tide" (PDF). rolltide.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
External links
- Stats from pro-football-reference.com
- "Butch Avinger". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
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