Frank Culver (NFL)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born: | Toledo, Ohio | April 24, 1897
Died: | January 13, 1969 Yonkers, New York | (aged 71)
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) |
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College: | Syracuse |
Position: | End, Center |
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Player stats at PFR |
Franklin Zham Culver (April 24, 1897 – January 13, 1969)[1] was a professional football player who played 3 seasons in the National Football League, with the Buffalo All-Americans, Rochester Jeffersons, Buffalo Bisons and the Canton Bulldogs. He played from the 1923 season through the 1925 season. Culver's Bisons teammate, Jim Ailinger called Culver "a pretty damn good center" in an interview before his death on March 27, 2001.[2]
Prior to playing in the NFL, Culver played college football at Syracuse. In 1922 he was named the team's captain.[3] Culver was a three-time letterman, in 1920, 1921 and 1922.[4]
References
- ^ 1969-1960 Necrology at Oldest Living Pro Football Players Archived October 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E01E3DA113EEE3ABC4F52DFB467838A639EDE
- ^ http://www.suathletics.com/sports/2009/2/3/sidebar_431.aspx?path=Football
Categories:
- 1897 births
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- American football centers
- American football ends
- Buffalo All-Americans players
- Buffalo Bisons (NFL) players
- Canton Bulldogs players
- Rochester Jeffersons players
- Syracuse Orange football players
- Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio
- Players of American football from Ohio
- American football offensive lineman, 1890s birth stubs