Claude Crabb
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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||
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Born: | Carmel, California, U.S. | March 8, 1940||||||
Died: | February 8, 2021 La Quinta, California, U.S. | (aged 80)||||||
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College: | USC Colorado | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1962 / Round: 19 / Pick: 253 | ||||||
AFL Draft: | 1962 / Round: 27 / Pick: 212 (by the Buffalo Bills) | ||||||
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Claude Clarence Crabb (March 8, 1940 – February 8, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans.
Early life[]
Crabb was a football quarterback, basketball player and track sprinter at Monterey Union High School 1954-58.
College career[]
He played college football at the University of Colorado after transferring from the University of Southern California and was drafted in the 27th round of the 1962 AFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
Professional career[]
Crabb was a former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins (1962–63) where he made six interceptions in 1962, Philadelphia Eagles (1964–65), and the Los Angeles Rams (1966–68).[1]
Death[]
Crabb died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in California on February 8, 2021, exactly one month short of his 81st birthday.[2][3]
References[]
- 1940 births
- 2021 deaths
- American football cornerbacks
- Colorado Buffaloes football players
- Los Angeles Rams players
- People from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- USC Trojans football players
- Washington Redskins players
- Players of American football from California
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in California
- American football defensive back, 1940s birth stubs