Milt Simington
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| Position: | Guard/ Placekicker | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | August 26, 1918 Dierks, Arkansas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died: | January 17, 1943 (aged 24) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Dierks (Dierks, Arkansas) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Arkansas | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1941 / round: 9 / pick: 74 | ||||||||||||||
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Milton Richard Simington (August 26, 1918 – January 17, 1943) was an American professional football guard who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers.[1] He was selected to the NFL All-Star team in 1942.[2]
Playing career
[edit]Simington played college football at the University of Arkansas before being selected by the Cleveland Rams in the 1941 NFL draft.[3] In August 1942, he was traded along with Johnny Binotto by the Rams to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for George Platukis.[4]
Simington was selected for the NFL All-Star team based on his performance during the 1942 NFL season, but he suffered a mild heart attack during practices for the game which ended his playing career.[4][5] He suffered a second heart attack a few weeks later which proved fatal; he died in Shreveport, Louisiana, on January 17, 1943, at the age of 24.[4] At the time of his death he had been planning to enter officer training school.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Milt Simington NFL Profile". NFL. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ^ "Milt Simington Statistics". Sports Reference LLC. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Heart Attack Fatal to Simington". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 18, 1943. pp. 15–16. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ^ "Pro All-Stars Confident They Can Beat Redskins". Milwaukee Journal. AP. December 26, 1942. p. 10. Retrieved February 15, 2012.