Denayne Dixon

Denayne Davidson-Dixon is a former football player in the Arena Football League.

Football career

High school career

He played high school football at Shaw High School (Ohio).[1]

College career

He played college football at Edinboro University.[2] He played in the 2009 Cactus Bowl (Division II).[3]

Minor league football

Davidson-Dixon was an all-star with the Erie Storm of the American Indoor Football Association.[4]

Arena Football League

Davidson-Dixon played fullback and linebacker. He spent the 2011 season with the Iowa Barnstormers. He spent the 2012 season with the Cleveland Gladiators.[5]

Police career

Davidson-Dixon was a former police officer in East Cleveland, Ohio. An incident occurred where he was charged with beating a suspect. Within days Dixon was fired.[6][7] While he did not initially face charges, he was ultimately charged, found guilty, and was sent to prison.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Gladiators Take Down Command, 49-39 in Home Opener". OurSports Central. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  2. ↑ <<<=theobj.bylinetime>>>. "IUP pounds Edinboro, 27-7 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Post-gazette.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  3. ↑ Matthew Clark. "East beats West in bowl - News - Morning Sun - Pittsburg, KS". Morning Sun. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  4. ↑ http://theiowabarnstormers.com/news/index.html?article_id=70&content_type=printable&plugin_id=news.front.system&block_id=5001
  5. ↑ "Gladiators win home opener with defense". News-herald.com. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  6. ↑ TEGNA (2016-07-28). "E. Cleveland cops fired, facing charges for alleged assault". WKYC.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  7. ↑ Cuevas, Mayra (2016-07-29). "East Cleveland, Ohio, mayor: 2 officers fired, could face charges". CNN.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  8. ↑ Carlson, Dani. "2 East Cleveland officers fired for alleged 'excessive force' - Cleveland 19 News Cleveland, OH". Cleveland19.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  9. ↑ "Ex-East Cleveland officer, arena football player gets prison". cleveland.com. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
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