Dick O'Donnell
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 O'Donnell as a rookie with Duluth | |||||||||
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| Position: | End, Halfback | ||||||||
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| Born: | July 31, 1900 Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | January 19, 1947 (aged 46) | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Minnesota | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Richard Lawrence O'Donnell (July 31, 1900 – January 19, 1947) was an American football player.[1] He played most of his nine-year career with the Green Bay Packers. O'Donnell played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers[2][3]
O'Donnell was tapped as a third team NFL All-Pro as a rookie in 1923 by a vote of 15 sportswriters from NFL cities.[4] He was the only member of his Kelley-Duluth team so honored in that season.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "O'Donnell To Play End For Packers Again This Year". Green Bay Press-Gazette. August 16, 1928. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
- ^ "Gophers' All-Time NFL Roster". University of Minnesota. June 13, 2006. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
- ^ "Dick O'Donnell Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ a b "Dicky O'Donnell is Placed on the Third All-American Pro Football Team: Only Duluthian To Be Honored in Selections," Duluth News Tribune, Dec. 23, 1923, p. 27.
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