Art DeCarlo
No. 26, 27, 23, 21 | |
Born: | Youngstown, Ohio | March 23, 1931
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Died: | December 28, 2013 Birmingham, Alabama | (aged 82)
Career information | |
Position(s) | Defensive back End |
College | Georgia |
NFL draft | 1953 / Round: 6 / Pick: 65 (By the Chicago Bears) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1953 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
1956–1957 | Washington Redskins |
1957–1960 | Baltimore Colts |
Career stats | |
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Arthur Anthony DeCarlo, Jr. (March 23, 1931 – December 28, 2013) was an American football defensive back and end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Washington Redskins, and the Baltimore Colts. He played college football at the University of Georgia and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1953 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. He died on December 28, 2013, from complications of heart surgery. Postmortem, DeCarlo was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.[1]
References[]
- ^ "110 N.F.L. Brains". New York Times. July 25, 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
Categories:
- 1931 births
- 2013 deaths
- American football defensive backs
- American football ends
- American football players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- Baltimore Colts players
- Georgia Bulldogs football players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- Washington Redskins players
- Players of American football from Youngstown, Ohio
- American football wide receiver, pre-1940 birth stubs
- American football defensive back, 1930s birth stubs