Bob Pickens
Appearance
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Chicago, Illinois | February 2, 1943||||
Died: | April 12, 2018[1] Sandy Springs, Georgia | (aged 75)||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
Weight: | 258 lb (117 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Evanston (IL) Township | ||||
College: | Nebraska | ||||
NFL draft: | 1966 / round: 3 / pick: 44 | ||||
AFL draft: | 1966 / round: Red Shirt 2 / pick: 15 (by the Kansas City Chiefs)[2] | ||||
Career history | |||||
Career NFL statistics as of 1969 | |||||
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Bob Pickens (February 2, 1943 – April 12, 2018) was a player in the National Football League. He was drafted in the third round of the 1966 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears and later played three seasons with the team.[3] Pickens was also an Olympic wrestler, competing in Tokyo, Japan in the heavyweight division at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was an NCAA national runner-up during his career at the University of Nebraska, transferring there after originally attending Wisconsin. After his pro football career, Pickens became a referee, officiating in the Big Ten Conference and a number of postseason games including the Rose Bowl. He served on the Chicago Park District Board for several years.
References
- ^ Bob Pickens, former Bear who was among first black Olympic wrestlers, dead at 75
- ^ "1966 AFL Draft". Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ "Bob Pickens". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
Categories:
- 1943 births
- 2018 deaths
- American football offensive tackles
- Canadian football offensive linemen
- American male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of the United States
- Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Chicago Bears players
- Edmonton Eskimos players
- Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
- Sportspeople from Chicago
- Players of American football from Illinois
- Wisconsin Badgers football players
- American football offensive lineman, 1940s birth stubs