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Position: | Guard/ Tackle | ||||||
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Born: | Columbus, Mississippi, U.S. | April 30, 1943||||||
Died: | October 11, 2014 Hermitage, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 71)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Columbus (MS) R. E. Hunt | ||||||
College: | Tennessee State | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1969 / Round: 3 / Pick: 65 | ||||||
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Elbert J. Drungo, Jr. (April 30, 1943 – October 11, 2014) was an American football offensive lineman for one season in the American Football League (AFL) for the Houston Oilers, then seven more seasons with the Oilers in the National Football League (NFL). He finished his career with the Buffalo Bills. Drungo played college football at Tennessee State University 4. He died of cancer in Nashville, TN 2014. [1]
After Pro Football
He taught at Fisk University for four years and then joined the Davidson County Sheriff's Department in Tennessee and later retired as a Lieutenant. [2]
In 1972, Drungo married
Deborah L. McMichael, and to this union, one child was born, Mary Evelyn Drungo. "Drungo" had a strong faith in God, and was a dedicated member of Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church. 3
No. 75, 79 | |||||||
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Position: | Guard/ Tackle | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Columbus, Mississippi, U.S. | April 30, 1943||||||
Died: | October 11, 2014 Hermitage, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 71)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Columbus (MS) R. E. Hunt | ||||||
College: | Tennessee State | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1969 / Round: 3 / Pick: 65 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Elbert J. Drungo, Jr. (April 30, 1943 – October 11, 2014) was an American football offensive lineman for one season in the American Football League (AFL) for the Houston Oilers, then seven more seasons with the Oilers in the National Football League (NFL). He finished his career with the Buffalo Bills. Drungo played college football at Tennessee State University 4. He died of cancer in Nashville, TN 2014. [1]
After Pro Football
He taught at Fisk University for four years and then joined the Davidson County Sheriff's Department in Tennessee and later retired as a Lieutenant. [2]
In 1972, Drungo married
Deborah L. McMichael, and to this union, one child was born, Mary Evelyn Drungo. "Drungo" had a strong faith in God, and was a dedicated member of Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church. 3