Dale Van Sickel

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Dale Van Sickel

Date of birth:	November 29, 1907(1907-11-29)
Place of birth:	Eatonton, Georgia, United States
Date of death:	January 25, 1977 (aged 69)
Place of death:	California, United States
Career information
Position(s):	End
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	180 lb (82 kg)
College:	University of Florida
Organizations
As player:
1927-1929	Florida Gators
College Football Hall of Fame

Dale Van Sickel (November 29, 1907 - January 25, 1977) was an American college football player and motion picture stunt performer. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975. He was the first president of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures.

[edit] Biography

Dale Van Sickel played as an end for the Florida Gators for three seasons, winning twenty-three of twenty-nine games. The Gators posted an 8-1 record during his junior season, losing only to Tennessee by a single point, 12-13. Van Sickel was first player from the University of Florida to be named an All-American (1928) and inducted into the Hall of Fame (1975). Following graduation, he stayed at the university to be an assistant coach for the football and basketball teams during the 1930 and 1931 seasons. Afterward, he moved to Hollywood to begin a career as a stuntman and had his first role in the Marx Brothers' film Duck Soup (1933). He was a founding member, and first president, of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures. He died in 1977 in California.

[edit] External links

• Dale Van Sickel at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Dale Van Sickel at the Internet Movie Database
• Stunt Men & Women at B-Westerns
• Commando Cody Speaks: An Interview with George Wallace, mentions Dale Van Sickel

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