Fred Hyatt
Appearance
No. 88, 40 | |
Date of birth | June 28, 1946 |
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Place of birth | Roanoke, Alabama, U.S. |
Date of death | June 27, 2022 | (aged 75)
Place of death | Ocala, Florida, U.S. |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Wide receiver |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
US college | Auburn |
NFL draft | 1968 / round: 2 / pick: 40 |
Drafted by | St. Louis Cardinals |
Career history | |
As player | |
1968–1972 | St. Louis Cardinals |
1973 | New Orleans Saints |
1973 | Washington Redskins |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career stats | |
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Freddie Phillip Hyatt (June 28, 1946 – June 27, 2022) was an American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals, New Orleans Saints, and Washington Redskins.[1] He played college football at Auburn University and was drafted by the Cardinals in the second round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft.[2] Hyatt died of open heart surgery in Ocala, Florida just one day before his 76th birthday.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Palmer, Pete; Pullis, Ken; Lahman, Sean; Silverman, Matthew; Gillette, Gary. The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia: First Edition, p. 334. ESPN Books, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4027-4216-3.
- ^ Palmer et al., p. 1407.
- ^ Dowell, Rosemarie. "Noted Athlete and Horseman Dies at 75". The Ocala Gazette. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
Categories:
- 1946 births
- 2022 deaths
- American football wide receivers
- Auburn Tigers football players
- Players of American football from Alabama
- People from Roanoke, Alabama
- St. Louis Cardinals (football) players
- New Orleans Saints players
- Washington Redskins players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football wide receiver, 1940s birth stubs