Al Baldwin
Appearance
![]() Baldwin on a 1950 Bowman football card | |
No. 19 | |
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Position: | End / Defensive back |
Personal information | |
Born: | Hot Springs, Arkansas | February 21, 1923
Died: | May 23, 1994 | (aged 71)
Career information | |
College: | Arkansas |
NFL draft: | 1947 / Round: 4 / Pick: 25 (By the Boston Yanks) |
Career history | |
Player stats at PFR |
Alton "Al" Baldwin (February 21, 1923 – May 23, 1994) was a professional American football end/defensive back who played in the All-America Football Conference, the National Football League and the Canadian Football League.
In his senior season as an End for the 1946 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Baldwin helped Arkansas win a share of the Southwest Conference championship, and played the LSU Tigers to a 0-0 tie in the 1947 Cotton Bowl Classic. Baldwin was given 1st team All-SWC honors for his play that season. It was the first season for new head coach John Barnhill, and his teammate Clyde Scott would eventually be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
He died from a stroke on May 23, 1994.
External links
- "Al Baldwin". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 1994 deaths
- Sportspeople from Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Players of American football from Arkansas
- American players of Canadian football
- American football tight ends
- Arkansas Razorbacks football players
- Arkansas Razorbacks men's track and field athletes
- Buffalo Bills (AAFC) players
- Green Bay Packers players
- Canadian football ends
- Ottawa Rough Riders players
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- American football tight end, pre-1950 birth stubs