Butch Avinger
Appearance
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Position: | Fullback Punter | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Beatrice, Alabama | December 15, 1928||||||
Died: | August 20, 2008 Birmingham, Alabama | (aged 79)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Montgomery (AL) Sidney Lanier | ||||||
College: | Alabama | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1951 / round: 1 / pick: 9 | ||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
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Clarence "Butch" Edmund Avinger (December 15, 1928 – August 20, 2008) was a professional American football fullback and punter in the National Football League. At 6'1", 215–lb, Avinger was a 1st round selection (9th overall pick) of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1951 NFL Draft out of the University of Alabama where he had played quarterback.[1] He only saw action in 1953 when he played for the New York Giants.
References
- ^ "Honoring the Crimson Tide" (PDF). rolltide.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2008.
External links
- Stats from pro-football-reference.com
- "Butch Avinger". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
Categories:
- 1928 births
- 2008 deaths
- People from Monroe County, Alabama
- American football fullbacks
- American football punters
- Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches
- Alabama Crimson Tide football players
- New York Giants players
- Saskatchewan Roughriders players
- Players of American football from Alabama
- American football punter stubs
- American football running back, 1920s birth stubs