![]() Waters from 1931 Seminole yearbook
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Position: | Lineman | ||||||
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Date of birth: | May 27, 1909 | ||||||
Place of birth: | Henry County, Indiana | ||||||
Date of death: | December 19, 2001 | (aged 92)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Newcastle (IN) | ||||||
College: | Florida | ||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Games played: | 27 |
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Games started: | 12 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Dale Barnard Waters (May 27, 1909 – December 19, 2001), nicknamed "Muddy" Waters, was an American college and professional football player who was an offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the early 1930s. Waters played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played for three different NFL teams.
Waters was born in Henry County, Indiana in 1909. He attended Newcastle High School in Newcastle Township, Fulton County, Indiana.
Waters attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was an offensive and defensive lineman and varsity letterman for coach Charlie Bachman's Florida Gators football team in 1928, 1929 and 1930. When he first reported to the freshman team, he weighed just 165 pounds.
Waters was a member of the 1928 Gators team which led the nation in scoring and finished 8–1, losing only to the Tennessee Volunteers by a single point, 13–12. Following his 1930 senior season, he received honorable mention All-American honors from the Associated Press.