Gil Duggan

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Gil Duggan
Position (s):
DT 		Jersey numbers:
69, 73, 60, 64, 40, 42
born December 26, 1914 in Benton , Arkansas
died on October 18, 1974 in Harrah , Oklahoma
Career information
Active : 1940 - 1947
NFL Draft : 1939 / Round: 15 / Pick: 140
College : University of Oklahoma
Teams
Career statistics
Games     72
as a starter     36
Interception     1
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

  • No notable successes

Gilford Earl " Gil " Duggan , (born December 26, 1914 in Benton , Arkansas , USA ; † October 18, 1974 in Harrah , Oklahoma , USA), nickname : Cactus Face , was an American football player and police officer . He played as a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Giants and the Chicago Cardinals, among others .

Player career

Gil Duggan studied at the University of Oklahoma and played for their football team , the Oklahoma Sooners , on the position of a defensive tackle. In 1939 he was voted All American for his athletic achievements . That year, the Steve Owen- trained New York Giants voted him 140th in the NFL Draft in the 15th round. In 1942 he moved to the Chicago Cardinals, supervised by Jimmy Conzelman . Duggan and the Cardinals remained unsuccessful that year, after which Phil Handler took over the coaching office for the team from Chicago . Due to a player shortage during World War II , the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago team had to form a game community in 1944 and were trained that season by handlers and the Steelers' trainer , Walt Kiesling . The Cardinals remained unsuccessful in 1943, but also in 1944 as a syndicate with the Steelers, and could not win a game. Duggan moved in 1946 to the Los Angeles Dons , which were located in the newly formed All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and were supervised by Dudley DeGroot . After another game year in 1947 with the Buffalo Bills ended Duggan, who served in the free time in Oklahoma as a state trooper his career. He died in 1974 and is buried in Memory Lane Cemetery , Harrah.

literature

  • Kenneth R. Crippen, The Original Buffalo Bills: A History of the All-America Football Conference Team, 1946-1949 , 2009, ISBN 978-0-7864-4619-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Cardinals 1943
  2. ↑ Card-Pitt Statistics 1944
personal data
SURNAME Duggan, Gil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duggan, Gilford Earl; Cactus Face
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Benton , Arkansas , USA
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1974
Place of death Harrah , Oklahoma