Don Popplewell
Born: | c. 1949 Missouri |
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Career information | |
Position(s) | Center |
College | University of Colorado Boulder |
Career history | |
As player | |
1969–1970 | Colorado Buffaloes |
Career highlights and awards | |
Consensus All-American (1970) |
Donald C. Popplewell (born c. 1949) is a former American football player. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes and was a consensus All-American center in 1970.
Popplewell was raised in Raytown, Missouri.[1] He attended the University of Colorado Boulder where he played college football at the center position for the Colorado Buffaloes. He was six feet, two inches tall and weighed 240 pounds as a football player at Colorado.[1] He was a member of the 1969 Colorado Buffaloes football team that defeated Alabama in the 1969 Liberty Bowl, and, as a senior, he played for the west team in the East–West Shrine Game.[1] He was also a consensus selection to the 1970 College Football All-America Team,[2] receiving first-team honors from the United Press International, Associated Press, Newspaper Enterprise Association, and Football Writers Association of America.[3]
Popplewell was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the 10th round (254th overall pick) of the 1971 NFL Draft,[4] but he did not play in the National Football League.
References[]
- ^ a b c "A Listing of the All Stars". The Sporting News. January 2, 1971. p. 8.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ "Consensus All-America". The Sporting News. January 2, 1971. p. 10.
- ^ "1971 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- Living people
- All-American college football players
- American football centers
- Colorado Buffaloes football players
- Players of American football from Missouri
- People from Raytown, Missouri
- 1949 births
- American football offensive lineman, 1940s birth stubs