Danny Pierce (American football)
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||
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Born: | Laurel, Mississippi, U.S. | January 17, 1948||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||
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College: | Mississippi St. Memphis | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1970 / round: 5 / pick: 121 | ||||||||||
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John Daniel Pierce (born January 17, 1948) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Memphis and Mississippi State University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1970 NFL draft.[1]
Pierce appeared in two games during the 1970 NFL season, carrying five times for six yards and catching one pass for six yards.[2]
Pierce was a quarterback for Memphis State.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Palmer, Pete; Pullis, Ken; Lahman, Sean; Silverman, Matthew; Gillette, Gary. The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia: First Edition, p. 1410. ESPN Books, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4027-4216-3.
- ^ Palmer et al., p. 541.
- ^ "Pierce, Dan - Quarterback" (PDF). University of Memphis. 1969. p. 24.
Categories:
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Laurel, Mississippi
- American football running backs
- Memphis Tigers football players
- Mississippi State Bulldogs football players
- Pearl River Wildcats football players
- Washington Redskins players
- Players of American football from Mississippi
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football running back, 1940s birth stubs