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Don Brumm

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Don Brumm
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Brumm in 1972
No. 86, 80
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1941-10-04) October 4, 1941 (age 83)
Chicago Heights, Illinois, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school:Hammond (Hammond, Indiana)
College:Purdue
NFL draft:1963 / round: 1 / pick: 13
AFL draft:1963 / round: 3 / pick: 24
(By the Kansas City Chiefs)
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:111
Starts:84
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Donald Dwain Brumm (born October 4, 1941) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles. He went to one Pro Bowl during his ten-year career. Brumm played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and was selected in the first round of the 1963 NFL draft with the 13th overall pick. He was also selected in the third round of the 1963 AFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.[1]

Biography

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A three-sport athlete at Hammond High School in Hammond, Indiana, Brumm then became a standout lineman for Purdue. A first-team All-American selection by both Associated Press and United Press International, he played in the Hula Bowl and East West Shrine Game as well as in a 1963 College All-Star Game victory over the Green Bay Packers prior to his pro football rookie season.

Brumm was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) in the 1963 NFL draft, with St. Louis making him their first round selection, using the 13th pick in the draft overall.

Brumm twice scored NFL touchdowns with recovered fumbles. On October 10, 1965, he ran 10 yards with a fumble for a score in a 37–16 Cardinals victory over the Washington Redskins. He ran 17 yards for a touchdown on September 22, 1968, in a St. Louis loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

He was a 2011 inductee of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.

References

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  1. ^ "Donald Brumm football statistics".