Palmer Pyle
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Position: | Guard | ||||||
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Born: | Keokuk, Iowa | June 6, 1937||||||
Died: | September 30, 2021 Glendale, Arizona | (aged 84)||||||
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College: | Michigan State | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1959 / Round: 6 / Pick: 72 | ||||||
AFL Draft: | 1960 / Round: 1 Pick: First Selections (by the Houston Oilers) | ||||||
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William Palmer Pyle (June 6, 1937 – September 30, 2021[1]) was a former professional American football guard who played in the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL). He played for six seasons for the NFL's Baltimore Colts and Minnesota Vikings and the AFL's Oakland Raiders.[2]
His brother Mike Pyle, son Eric Kumerow and grandson Jake Kumerow also had NFL careers, as well as his grandsons Joey and Nick Bosa.
He was married to Marie Accardo but later divorced.[3]
References[]
- ^ William Palmer Pyle
- ^ "Palmer Pyle". NFL. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ^ "The Oddest Tidbit of the 2019 Draft".
Categories:
- 1937 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Keokuk, Iowa
- Players of American football from Iowa
- American football offensive guards
- Michigan State Spartans football players
- Baltimore Colts players
- Minnesota Vikings players
- Oakland Raiders players
- American Football League players
- American football offensive lineman, 1930s birth stubs