Joe Cerne
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Position: | Center | ||||||
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Born: | Črnomelj, Slovenia | April 26, 1942||||||
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College: | Northwestern | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1965 / Round: 2 / Pick: 16 | ||||||
AFL Draft: | 1965 / Round: 9 / Pick: 69 (by the Kansas City Chiefs)[1] | ||||||
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Joseph Cerne (Slovene: Joe Černe) (born April 26, 1942) is a former professional American football center in the National Football League (NFL). He played four seasons for the San Francisco 49ers and the Atlanta Falcons. He is the first Slovene to play in the NFL.[2] He was also called the best player in the league at his position.
References[]
- ^ "1965 AFL Draft". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ http://www.sport-tv.si/d3264/Intervju/Intervju_z_Joejem_Cernetom.html/
Categories:
- 1942 births
- Living people
- American football centers
- Atlanta Falcons players
- Northwestern Wildcats football players
- San Francisco 49ers players
- People from Črnomelj
- Players of American football from Wisconsin
- Sportspeople from Kenosha, Wisconsin
- American football offensive lineman, 1940s birth stubs