Dan Currie

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

This article is about the American football player. For the Canadian ice hockey player, see Dan Currie (ice hockey).

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

For other people named Dan Currie, see Dan Currie (disambiguation).
Dan Currie
No. 58
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth: (1935-06-27) June 27, 1935 (age 89)
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan
Height: Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
Weight: Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
Career information
High school: Detroit (MI) St. Anthony
College: Michigan State
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions: 11
INT yards: 193
Fumble recoveries: 7
Games played: 118
Player stats at NFL.com

Daniel George Currie (born June 27, 1935) is a former American football player, a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, with the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams.[2]

Early years

Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Currie played college football at Michigan State and was an All-American linebacker and center as a senior in 1957.[3][4][5]

Playing career

Currie was the third overall selection of the 1958 NFL draft, the first pick of the Packers.[6][7] In that draft, the Packers also selected Jim Taylor of LSU (2nd round, 15th overall), Ray Nitschke of Illinois (3rd round, 36th), and Jerry Kramer of Idaho (4th round, 39th).[6][8]

In his rookie season in 1958 under first-year head coach Scooter McLean, the Packers were a league worst 1–10–1 and hired Vince Lombardi as head coach in January 1959. Green Bay went 7–5 that season and then were in three consecutive NFL title games; they lost to Philadelphia in 1960 and won in 1961 and 1962, both over the New York Giants. Currie was an All-Pro in 1962, one of ten Packers on the 22-man Associated Press team,[1] and was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in December 1961.[9]

After seven seasons in Green Bay, Currie was traded to the Rams in April 1965 for receiver Carroll Dale.[10][11][12] He played two years for Los Angeles, then missed the final cut in September 1967 season at age 32.[13]

After football

Currie was later a defensive coach at Milton College in Wisconsin,[14] which closed in 1982. He moved to Las Vegas in the early 1980s and worked in casino security.[2][15]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Script error: The function "top" does not exist.

Script error: The function "bottom" does not exist.

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Dan_Currie&oldid=716268383"