Claude Crabb
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||
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| Born: | March 8, 1940 Carmel, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | February 8, 2021 (aged 80) Palm Desert, California, U.S. | ||||||||
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| College: | USC Colorado | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1962 / round: 19 / pick: 253 | ||||||||
| AFL draft: | 1962 / round: 27 / pick: 212 (by the Buffalo Bills) | ||||||||
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Claude Clarence Crabb (March 8, 1940 – February 8, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans.
Early life
[edit]Crabb was a football quarterback, basketball player and track sprinter at Monterey Union High School 1954–58.
College years
[edit]He played college football at the University of Colorado after transferring from the University of Southern California and was drafted in the 27th round of the 1962 AFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
Professional career
[edit]Crabb was a defensive back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins (1962–63) where he made six interceptions in 1962, Philadelphia Eagles (1964–65), and the Los Angeles Rams (1966–68).[1]
Death
[edit]Crabb died from COVID-19 on February 8, 2021, aged 80, during the COVID-19 pandemic in California.[2][3]
References
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- 1940 births
- 2021 deaths
- American football cornerbacks
- Colorado Buffaloes football players
- Los Angeles Rams players
- People from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
- Monterey High School (Monterey, California) alumni
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- USC Trojans football players
- Washington Redskins players
- Players of American football from Monterey County, California
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in California
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football defensive back, 1940s birth stubs