Walter White

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Walter White
Position (s):
Tight End 		Jersey number (s):
88
born July 19, 1951 in Charlottesville , Virginia
died on April 10, 2019
Career information
Active : 1975 - 1979
NFL Draft : 1975 / Round: 3 / Pick: 78
College : Maryland
Teams
Career statistics
Captured passports     163
Captive yards     2,396
Touchdowns     16
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
  • Mack Lee Hill Award (1975)

Walter Lee White (born July 19, 1951 in Charlottesville , Virginia - † April 10, 2019 ) was an American American football player. He played five seasons on the tight end position for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).

Career

White played college football at Mesa Junior College in Colorado and then at the University of Maryland .

White was selected in the third round of the 1975 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers . After he injured himself there, however, he was released before the start of the season, whereupon the Kansas City Chiefs took him in via the waiver system . Here he won the Mack Lee Hill Award for best chiefs rookie of the 1975 season . In his sophomore year, he made the NFL top 10 in captured yards and touchdowns. He caught 47 passes for 808 yards and 7 touchdowns that year, helping the Chiefs make the second best passing offense in the league. In 1978 he started in all games for the first time. In a total of five seasons with the Chiefs, White played 63 games, 37 of them from the start. He caught 163 passes for 2,396 yards and 16 touchdowns. Both the number of touchdowns and the yards caught are each the third-best value for a chiefs tight end.

After football, he worked for Commerce Bank in Kansas City for 22 years . Most recently, he was vice president of the investment division. In 1989, White co-founded the Kansas City Ambassadors , a group of former Chiefs players and officials who represented the Chiefs at various events. He was also the association's first president.

In April 2019, White died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 67.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Former Kansas City Chiefs tight end Walter White dies; tribute to be held Tuesday. Accessed April 14, 2019 .
  2. ^ Grossman of Steelers Is a Paradox in Pads. Accessed April 14, 2019 .
  3. ^ Kansas City Chiefs: Top 5 Tight Ends in Franchise History. Accessed April 14, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Chiefs top 5 all-time tight ends. Accessed April 14, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME White, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES White, Walter Lee (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Charlottesville , Virginia , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 2019