Rufus Will Granderson I (August 13, 1936 – October 20, 2015), was an American football defensive tackle who played one season with the Dallas Texans of the American Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the nineteenth round of the 1959 NFL draft. He played college football at Prairie View A&M University and attended Temple High School in Temple, Texas.[1] He died in 2015 at the age of 79.[2]
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Position: | Defensive tackle |
Personal information | |
Born: | Waco, Texas, U.S. | August 13, 1936
Died: | October 20, 2015 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 79)
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight: | 277 lb (126 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Temple (TX) |
College: | Prairie View A&M |
NFL draft: | 1959 / Round: 19 / Pick: 221 |
Career history | |
Player stats at PFR |
References
edit- ^ "RUFUS GRANDERSON". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ "Rufus Will Granderson I". obits.mlive.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2015.