Henry Schmidt (American football)
Appearance
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Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||
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Born: | South Gate, California, U.S. | September 28, 1935||||||||||
Died: | May 17, 2021 La Mesa, California, U.S. | (aged 85)||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 254 lb (115 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Los Angeles (CA) John C. Fremont | ||||||||||
College: | Trinity (TX) | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1958 / round: 6 / pick: 71 | ||||||||||
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Henry Joseph "Hank" Schmidt (September 28, 1935 – May 17, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the American Football League (AFL).
Professional career
[edit]Schmidt played collegiately at the University of Southern California and professionally between 1959 and 1966, starting with the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers and moving to the new American Football League's San Diego Chargers in 1961. He played on the Buffalo Bills 1965 AFL Champions in 1965, earning a place in that year's AFL All-Star Team. He finished his professional football career in 1966 with the AFL's New York Jets.
He died on May 17, 2021, in La Mesa, California, at age 85.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Henry Schmidt Obituary (1935 - 2021)". San Diego Union-Tribune. La Mesa, California. Retrieved May 24, 2021 – via Legacy.
Categories:
- 1935 births
- 2021 deaths
- Players of American football from Los Angeles County, California
- American football defensive tackles
- USC Trojans football players
- San Francisco 49ers players
- San Diego Chargers players
- Buffalo Bills players
- New York Jets players
- American Football League All-Star players
- Trinity Tigers football players
- American Football League players
- People from South Gate, California
- John C. Fremont High School alumni
- American football defensive lineman, 1930s birth stubs