Frank Winters
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Position: | Center | ||||||
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Born: | Hoboken, New Jersey | January 23, 1964||||||
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College: | Western Illinois | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1987 / Round: 10 / Pick: 276 | ||||||
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Frank Mitchell Winters (born January 23, 1964) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Green Bay Packers.
Early life[]
Frank Mitchell Winters was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He lived in Union City, and played football at Emerson High School.[1]
Career[]
Winters played American football at Western Illinois University and was drafted in the tenth round of the 1987 NFL Draft.[citation needed]
Winters was the Packers' starting center serving for eight straight seasons (1993–2000). He played in the Pro Bowl and also earned USA Today All-Pro honors in 1999. His nickname was "Frankie Baggadonuts" or "Old Bag of Donuts".[citation needed]
On July 18, 2008, Winters was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. His ceremony was marked by heightened media interest because quarterback Brett Favre gave the induction speech amidst the developing saga regarding Favre's status with the Packers.[citation needed]
On May 20, 2009, Winters got an internship with the Indianapolis Colts.[citation needed]
He has part ownership in a popular Missouri bar and grill, Frankie & Johnny's.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "Frank Winters - Class of 2012" Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today, Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame. Accessed February 6, 2012. "A native of Hoboken, Winters is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns (1987-88), New York Giants (1989), Kansas City Chiefs (1990-91), and the Green Bay Packers (1992-2002)."
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hoboken, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Union City, New Jersey
- American football centers
- American football offensive guards
- Western Illinois Leathernecks football players
- Cleveland Browns players
- New York Giants players
- Players of American football from New Jersey
- Kansas City Chiefs players
- Green Bay Packers players
- National Conference Pro Bowl players
- American football offensive lineman, 1960s birth stubs