Don Ettinger
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Position: | Linebacker / Guard | ||||||||
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Born: | Independence, Missouri | November 20, 1921||||||||
Died: | February 13, 1992 Cookeville, Tennessee | (aged 69)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||
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College: | Kansas | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1948 / round: 19 / pick: 166 | ||||||||
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Donald Nesbit "Red Dog" Ettinger (November 20, 1921 – February 13, 1992) was an American football player. Born in Independence, Missouri, Ettinger played college football for the University of Kansas and later the National Football League's New York Giants.[1] He finished his career in Canadian football, where he was a four-time All-Star.
Ettinger is sometimes credited for inventing the "blitz" strategy.
References
- ^ "DON ETTINGER". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
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- 1921 births
- 1992 deaths
- Sportspeople from Independence, Missouri
- Players of American football from Missouri
- American football linebackers
- Kansas Jayhawks football players
- University of Kansas alumni
- Saskatchewan Roughriders players
- Toronto Argonauts players
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- New York Giants players
- Houston Oilers coaches
- Canadian football linebackers
- American players of Canadian football
- Grey Cup champions
- American football linebacker, pre-1930s birth stubs