Date of birth | June 5, 1946 (age 75) |
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Place of birth | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Career information | |
Position(s) | LB |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Weight | 232 lb (105 kg) |
US college | Washington |
High school | West (Seattle) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1969 | Seattle Rangers |
1970 | BC Lions |
Career highlights and awards | |
George Jugum (born June 5, 1946) was a gridiron football linebacker. He played college football for the University of Washington Huskies from 1966 to 1968. He was selected by the AP, UPI, and Pac-8 coaches as a first-team player on the 1968 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team. [1] [2] [3] He then played professional football for the Seattle Rangers of the Continental Football League in 1969 and the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1970. [4] He did not play in 1971 and left the club in 1972. [5]
In 1974, he was convicted of second-degree murder in the beating and kicking death of a 17-year-old youth in the parking lot of a West Seattle drive-in. [6] [7] He was sentenced to 30 years in prison, [8] and released after six and a half years. [9]
Date of birth | June 5, 1946 (age 75) |
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Place of birth | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Career information | |
Position(s) | LB |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Weight | 232 lb (105 kg) |
US college | Washington |
High school | West (Seattle) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1969 | Seattle Rangers |
1970 | BC Lions |
Career highlights and awards | |
George Jugum (born June 5, 1946) was a gridiron football linebacker. He played college football for the University of Washington Huskies from 1966 to 1968. He was selected by the AP, UPI, and Pac-8 coaches as a first-team player on the 1968 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team. [1] [2] [3] He then played professional football for the Seattle Rangers of the Continental Football League in 1969 and the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1970. [4] He did not play in 1971 and left the club in 1972. [5]
In 1974, he was convicted of second-degree murder in the beating and kicking death of a 17-year-old youth in the parking lot of a West Seattle drive-in. [6] [7] He was sentenced to 30 years in prison, [8] and released after six and a half years. [9]