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Donnis Churchwell

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Donnis Churchwell
No. 77
Position:Tackle
Personal information
Born:(1936-05-11)May 11, 1936
Leakesville, Mississippi, U.S.
Died:January 22, 2010(2010-01-22) (aged 73)
Leakesville, Mississippi, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College:Mississippi
NFL draft:1959 / round: 5 / pick: 60
Career history
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Donnis Hanson Churchwell (May 11, 1936 – January 22, 2010), nicknamed "Bull", was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He also played for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League. He played college football at the University of Mississippi for the Ole Miss Rebels and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1959 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts.

Churchwell died on January 22, 2010, at Greene County Hospital in his hometown of Leakesville.