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Calvin Jones (cornerback)

Calvin Jones
Date of birth (1951-01-26) January 26, 1951 (age 66)
Place of birth San Francisco, California
Career information
Position(s) Cornerback
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg)
College Washington
NFL draft 1973 / Round: 15 / Pick 373
Career history
As player
1973–1976 Denver Broncos
Career highlights and awards
Awards
  • Washington MVP (1972)
Career stats

Calvin Jones (born January 26, 1951 in San Francisco, California) is a former cornerback of the Denver Broncos. He collegiately played for Washington Huskies. He graduated from Balboa High School in the Fall of 1968.

In 1970 Calvin Jones, along with Mark Wheeler and Ira Hammon, quit the University of Washington team, holding a press conference denouncing racial discrimination on the part of the coaching staff led by coach Jim Owens. In 1971 Don Smith, an African-American, was appointed UW assistant athletic director. He asked Calvin Jones to return to the UW. Calvin Jones became an All-American for UW in 1972.



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