Paul Fitzgibbon
| Paul Joseph Fitzgibbon | |
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Positions: HB , BB , FB |
Jersey numbers: 14, 27, 18 |
| born March 21, 1903 in Sioux Falls , South Dakota | |
| died on March 12, 1975 in Long Beach , California | |
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| Active : 1926 - 1932 | |
| College : Creighton University | |
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| Games | 55 |
| Field goal | 7th |
| Touchdown | 4th |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Paul Joseph Fitzgibbon (* 21st March 1903 in Sioux Falls , South Dakota ; † 12. March 1975 in Long Beach, California ) Nickname : Red-Haired Flash was a US American football player . He played in the National Football League (NFL), including the Green Bay Packers .
Player career
Paul Fitzgibbon graduated from Creighton University . Together with the future professional footballer of the Chicago Cardinals Ike Mahoney , he played for their college football team . After graduating in 1925, he joined the Duluth Eskimos in 1926, a team from the NFL, and switched to the Frankford Yellow Jackets the following year . In 1928 he played with Mahoney for the Chicago Cardinals. From 1930 he ran for three years for the Green Bay Packers trained by Curly Lambeau . For the Green Bay team, Cal Hubbard , John McNally and Arnie Herber played three future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame . The team won the NFL championship in 1930 with ten wins from 14 games. The title could be defended in the following year. After the 1932 season, Fitzgibbon ended his career.
After the playing career
Paul Fitzgibbon worked as a neurologist after his career , including at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance , California. He lived in Long Beach .
literature
- Chuck Frederick: Leatherheads of the North. The true Story of Ernie Nevers & the Duluth Eskimos. X-communication, Duluth MN 2007, ISBN 978-1-887317-32-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Green Bay Packers 1930
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Green Bay Packers 1931
- ↑ Harbor-UCLA Medical Center website ( August 19, 2014 memento in Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Fitzgibbon, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fitzgibbon, Paul Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and neurologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sioux Falls , South Dakota |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1975 |
| Place of death | Long Beach , California |