Don Shinnick

Don Shinnick
No. 66
Position: LB
Personal information
Born: (1935-05-15)May 15, 1935
Kansas City, Missouri
Died: January 20, 2004(2004-01-20) (aged 68)
Modesto, California
Career information
College: UCLA
NFL Draft: 1957 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
INT: 37
INT Yards: 255
Games: 158

Donald Dee Shinnick (May 15, 1935—January 20, 2004) was an American football linebacker who played as a collegian for UCLA and then thirteen seasons in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts. He had 37 career interceptions with the Colts, still an NFL record for a linebacker.

After retiring as a player, he served as an assistant coach with the Chicago Bears, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Oakland Raiders and the New England Patriots.

He died at a rest home in Modesto, California on January 20, 2004 of frontal lobe disorder.[1]

Coaching history

References

  1. ↑ Los Angeles Times (January 23, 2004), Don Shinnick; was linebacker for Colts, coach for Patriots The Boston Globe. Retrieved on October 25, 2009.
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