Butch Avinger

Butch Avinger
No. 34
Position:	Fullback; Punter
Personal information
Born:	December 15, 1928; Beatrice, Alabama
Died:	August 20, 2008 (aged 79); Birmingham, Alabama
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:	Montgomery (AL) Sidney Lanier
College:	Alabama
NFL Draft:	1951 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9
Career history
	Pittsburgh Steelers (1951)*; Saskatchewan Roughriders (1952); New York Giants (1953);
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
	CFL All-Star: 1952;
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	12
Punting yards:	1597
Longest punt:	69 yards
	Player stats at NFL.com

Clarence "Butch" Edmund Avinger (December 15, 1928 – August 20, 2008) was a professional American football fullback and punter in the National Football League. At 6'1", 215–lb, Avinger was a 1st round selection (9th overall pick) of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1951 NFL Draft out of the University of Alabama where he had played quarterback.^[1] He only saw action in 1953 when he played for the New York Giants.

References[]

^ "Honoring the Crimson Tide" (PDF). rolltide.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2008.

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