Norm Evans
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Position: | Tackle |
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Born: | Santa Fe, New Mexico | September 28, 1942
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) |
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High school: | |
College: | TCU |
AFL Draft: | 1965 / Round: 14 / Pick: 106 (by the Houston Oilers)[1] |
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Norman Earl Evans (born September 28, 1942) is a former American football player. He played professionally as an offensive tackle for 14 seasons, first in the American Football League (AFL) and later in the National Football League (NFL). Evans is the only player in NFL history to be chosen in two expansion drafts. The Miami Dolphins took Evans from the Houston Oilers in the 1966 AFL Expansion draft. He played 10 seasons with Miami. Evans was also chosen by the Seattle Seahawks in the 1976 NFL Expansion Draft and played three seasons there. He was selected to two Pro Bowls and played in three Super Bowls, all with the Dolphins.
Norman was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but his football playing days began in Donna, Texas, then a small town of 7,500 people with a 2A football team.
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- ^ "1965 AFL Draft". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- 1942 births
- Living people
- American football offensive tackles
- Houston Oilers players
- Miami Dolphins players
- Seattle Seahawks players
- TCU Horned Frogs football players
- American Conference Pro Bowl players
- People from Donna, Texas
- Sportspeople from Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Players of American football from Texas
- American Football League players
- American football offensive lineman, 1940s birth stubs