Danny Villanueva
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| Position: | Placekicker / Punter | ||||
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| Date of birth: | November 5, 1937 | ||||
| Place of birth: | Tucumcari, New Mexico | ||||
| Date of death: | June 18, 2015 (aged 77) | ||||
| Place of death: | Ventura, California | ||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Calexico | ||||
| College: | New Mexico State | ||||
| Undrafted: | 1960 | ||||
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| Games: | 110 |
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Daniel Dario Villanueva (November 5, 1937 – June 18, 2015) was an American football professional player, television and Major League Soccer executive. Villanueva was a placekicker and punter who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams and the Dallas Cowboys. Villanueva, who was of Mexican American descent, played college football at New Mexico State University.
A news director and broadcasting executive, Villanueva was a co-founder of Univision, a major Spanish-language television network in the United States.
Villanueva graduated in 1956 from Calexico Union High School (the Bulldogs) and attended Reedley College, before accepting a scholarship to play college football at New Mexico State University. He was part of the teams that won back to back Sun Bowl games in 1959 and 1960, as well as going undefeated his senior season. These were significant accomplishments, considering that more than 50 years have passed without another postseason appearance for the New Mexico State University football teams.
He was inducted into the New Mexico State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970. Villanueva died on June 18, 2015.
In 1960 he signed with the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent, becoming one of the earliest players of Mexican descent in the NFL, and one of the last straight-away style placekickers. Villanueva was both a placekicker and a punter, so he kept two different pairs of shoes on game day.
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