Terry Owens (American football)
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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Born: | Jasper, Alabama, U.S. | July 5, 1944||||||||
Died: | October 27, 2012 Decatur, Alabama, U.S. | (aged 68)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Samson (AL) | ||||||||
College: | Jacksonville State | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1966 / round: 11 / pick: 167 (by the Chicago Bears)[1] | ||||||||
AFL draft: | 1966 / round: 11 / pick: 99 | ||||||||
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Terry Woodrow Owens (July 5, 1944 – October 27, 2012) was an American football offensive lineman in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). Owens graduated from Samson High School in 1962 before attending Jacksonville State University.[2] Selected in the 11th round (99th overall) of the 1966 AFL Draft, Owens joined the San Diego Chargers. He played for the Chargers for ten seasons. He died of Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1966 Chicago Bears". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Success Stories". Cityofsamson.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
Categories:
- 1944 births
- 2012 deaths
- People from Jasper, Alabama
- People from Geneva County, Alabama
- Players of American football from Alabama
- American football offensive tackles
- Jacksonville State Gamecocks football players
- San Diego Chargers players
- American Football League players
- Players of American football with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- Deaths from chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- American football offensive lineman, 1940s birth stubs