Steve Meilinger
![]() Meilinger on a 1954 Bowman football card | |||||||||
No. 86, 80, 88 | |||||||||
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Position: | End | ||||||||
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Born: |
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | December 12, 1930||||||||
Died: |
September 14, 2015 84) Lexington, Kentucky | (aged||||||||
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College: | Kentucky | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1954 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8 | ||||||||
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Stephen Frank "Steve" Meilinger (December 12, 1930 – September 14, 2015) was a National Football League end for the Washington Redskins, the Green Bay Packers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of Kentucky and was drafted in the first round of the 1954 NFL Draft. Following his NFL career, Meilinger joined the United States Marshals Service. During his Marshals Service career, he was one of the original agents for the United States Federal Witness Protection Program, and eventually was promoted to Chief Deputy for the Eastern District of Kentucky, where he served until his retirement. In 2014, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[1] He died in 2015 at the age of 84.[2]
References
- ↑ "Steve Meilinger to be Officially Enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame Tonight - NashvilleSportsMix". NashvilleSportsMix.
- ↑ "UK football All-American Meilinger dies at 84". Kentucky.com.
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