Dan Currie
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 27, 1935 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Detroit (MI) St. Anthony | ||||||||||
| College: | Michigan State | ||||||||||
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| Interceptions: | 11 |
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| INT yards: | 193 |
| Fumble recoveries: | 7 |
| Games played: | 118 |
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Daniel George Currie (born June 27, 1935) is a former American football player, a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, with the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams.
Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Currie played college football at Michigan State and was an All-American linebacker and center as a senior in 1957.
Currie was the third overall selection of the 1958 NFL draft, the first pick of the Packers. In that draft, the Packers also selected Jim Taylor of LSU (2nd round, 15th overall), Ray Nitschke of Illinois (3rd round, 36th), and Jerry Kramer of Idaho (4th round, 39th).
In his rookie season in 1958 under first-year head coach Scooter McLean, the Packers were a league worst 1–10–1 and hired Vince Lombardi as head coach in January 1959. Green Bay went 7–5 that season and then were in three consecutive NFL title games; they lost to Philadelphia in 1960 and won in 1961 and 1962, both over the New York Giants. Currie was an All-Pro in 1962, one of ten Packers on the 22-man Associated Press team, and was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in December 1961.
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