Dale Hackbart
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| Date of birth | July 21, 1938 |
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| Place of birth | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| College | Wisconsin |
| AFL draft | 1960 / Round: 1 / Pick: territorial |
| Drafted by | Minneapolis AFL team |
| NFL draft | 1960 / Round: 5 / Pick: 51 |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1960–1961 | Green Bay Packers |
| 1961–1963 | Washington Redskins |
| 1964–1965 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1966–1970 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 1971–1972 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1973 | Denver Broncos |
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Dale Leonard Hackbart (born July 21, 1938) is a former American football defensive back who played twelve seasons in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Cardinals, and Denver Broncos from 1960 to 1973. He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1964 and 1965.
Hackbart initially focused on baseball. He spent a season playing baseball for the Grand Forks Chiefs; a Class C minor league team in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Bud Grant convinced Hackbart to drop baseball and concentrate on a career in the National Football League.
Hackbart was drafted by the Minnesota franchise in the inaugural 1960 American Football League Draft as a quarterback and "territorial selection." He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1960 NFL draft as a generic "back" by the Packers. As Minnesota would never play in the AFL (the group instead joined the NFL as the Minnesota Vikings), Hackbart joined the Packers. Hackbart would eventually join the Vikings in 1966, by this point solely as a defensive back.
In 1973, Hackbart was involved in an on-field transgression that he eventually took to court. He asserted that a late hit by Cincinnati Bengals running back Boobie Clark was an intentional tort.
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