Lin Dawson
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Position: | Tight end | ||||||
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Born: | Norfolk, Virginia | June 24, 1959||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Kinston (Kinston, North Carolina) | ||||||
College: | North Carolina State | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1981 / Round: 8 / Pick: 212 | ||||||
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James Linwood Dawson, legally changed to J Lin Dawson in 1993 (born June 24, 1959 in Norfolk, Virginia), is a former NFL player. He serves as the Managing Director of The Lin Dawson Organization, LLC.
Lin grew up in Kinston, North Carolina. After graduating from Kinston High School in 1977, he accepted a football scholarship from NC State University. In 1981, he was drafted by the New England Patriots where he played ten years. A starter at tight-end, Dawson was injured on the first play from scrimmage in Super Bowl XX on an incomplete pass thrown to him by quarterback Tony Eason. He was a member of the New England Patriots ‘Team of the Decade-1980’s.
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Norfolk, Virginia
- American football tight ends
- NC State Wolfpack football players
- New England Patriots players
- American football tight end, 1950s birth stubs