Bob Whitlow
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| Position: | Center | ||||
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| Date of birth: | February 15, 1936 | ||||
| Place of birth: | Shelbyville, Indiana | ||||
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| High school: | Bloomington (IN) | ||||
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Compton JC Arizona |
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| Games played: | 100 |
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Robert Edward Whitlow (born February 15, 1936) is a former American football center in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, and Cleveland Browns. He played college football at the University of Arizona.
Whitlow was born in Shelbyville, Indiana and attended Bloomington High School in Bloomington, Indiana, where he played high school football and participated in track and field as a shot putter.
After high school, Whitlow attended and played college football at Compton Junior College in Compton, California, before transferring to the University of Arizona. He was also a shot putter in college. He left college in 1957 and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.
After serving with the Marines, Whitlow qualified for the Summer Olympics in shot put, but decided to play football instead. He signed with the Chicago Bears in 1960, but was then traded to the Washington Redskins. Midway through the 1961 season, he was traded to the Detroit Lions, where he played through 1965 and played every offensive down in 1962 and 1963. Whitlow was then trade to the Atlanta Falcons during their inaugural 1966 season. He was then traded to the Los Angeles Rams for undisclosed draft picks, but never played for the Rams. In 1968, he was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but was waived before the end of the offseason. He was then signed by the Cleveland Browns and played for them for one season, but then had to retire after a hernia operation.
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