Darryl Stingley
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| Position: | Wide Receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 18, 1951 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||
| Date of death: | April 5, 2007 (aged 55) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Chicago | ||||||||
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| High school: | Chicago (IL) John Marshall | ||||||||
| College: | Purdue | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1973 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 110 |
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| Receiving Yards: | 1,883 |
| Touchdowns: | 14 |
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Darryl Floyd Stingley (September 18, 1951 – April 5, 2007) was an American professional football wide receiver whose career was ended by an on-field spinal-cord injury. He played his entire career with the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He died from heart disease and pneumonia complicated by quadriplegia.
Stingley was born to Hilda M. Stingley and raised on Chicago's West Side. He was a standout running back at John Marshall High School. He was offered and accepted a football scholarship to Purdue University, where he was converted into a wide receiver. He was a first-round draft pick of the New England Patriots in 1973, along with John Hannah of the University of Alabama and Sam Cunningham of the University of Southern California.
Stingley had 110 receptions for 1,883 yards and 14 touchdowns in 60 regular-season games for the New England Patriots. He also had 28 carries for 244 yards and two touchdowns, 19 punt returns for 136 yards and eight kickoff returns for 187 yards. He had over 500 combined yards rushing, receiving and returning both punt and kickoffs in 1973 and 1975. He finished his career with 2,450 combined yards rushing, receiving and returning both punts and kickoffs. He ran for a 23-yard touchdown in the Patriots' 42-3 win over the Baltimore Colts on October 6, 1974. Stingley both ran for a 34-yard touchdown and caught a 21-yard touchdown pass in their 21-17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on September 18, 1977, his 26th birthday. He is one of only three Patriots players who has caught a touchdown pass on his birthday, and is the only wide receiver to run for a touchdown and have a touchdown reception on his birthday.
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