Steve Meilinger
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Position: | End | ||||||
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Born: | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | December 12, 1930||||||
Died: | September 14, 2015 | (aged 84)||||||
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College: | Kentucky | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1954 / round: 1 / pick: 8 | ||||||
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Stephen Frank Meilinger (December 12, 1930 - September 14, 2015) was a former American football end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, the Green Bay Packers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of Kentucky and was drafted in the first round of the 1954 NFL Draft.
Following his NFL career, Meilinger joined the United States Marshals Service. During his Marshals Service career, he was one of the original agents for the United States Federal Witness Protection Program, and eventually was promoted to Chief Deputy for the Eastern District of Kentucky, where he served until his retirement. In 2014, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[1]
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- 1930 births
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- American football wide receivers
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Green Bay Packers players
- Kentucky Wildcats football players
- People from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- Washington Redskins players
- United States Marshals
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania
- American football wide receiver, pre-1940 birth stubs