Don Shinnick
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Position: | LB | ||||||
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Date of birth: | May 15, 1935 | ||||||
Place of birth: | Kansas City, Missouri | ||||||
Date of death: | January 20, 2004 68) | (aged||||||
Place of death: | Modesto, California | ||||||
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College: | UCLA | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1957 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20 | ||||||
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Donald Dee Shinnick (May 15, 1935—January 20, 2004) was an American football linebacker who played as a collegian for UCLA and then thirteen seasons in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts. He had 37 career interceptions with the Colts, still an NFL record for a linebacker.
After retiring as a player, he served as an assistant coach with the Chicago Bears, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Oakland Raiders and the New England Patriots.
He died at a rest home in Modesto, California on January 20, 2004 of frontal lobe disorder.[1]
Coaching history
- 1970–1971 Chicago Bears (LB)
- 1973–1977 Oakland Raiders (LB)
- 1978–1984 St. Louis Cardinals (LB)
- 1985–1989 New England Patriots (LB)
References
- ↑ Los Angeles Times (January 23, 2004), Don Shinnick; was linebacker for Colts, coach for Patriots The Boston Globe. Retrieved on October 25, 2009.
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