Don Fleming (American football)
Fleming circa 1962
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 11, 1937 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Bellaire, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Date of death: | June 4, 1963 (aged 25) | ||||||||||
| Place of death: | Winter Park, Florida | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 188 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Shadyside (OH) | ||||||||||
| College: | Florida | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1959 / Round: 28 / Pick: 327 | ||||||||||
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| Games played: | 38 |
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| Interceptions: | 10 |
| Interception return yards: | 160 |
| Fumbles recovered: | 4 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Donald Denver Fleming (June 11, 1937 – June 4, 1963) was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the early 1960s. Fleming played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. His professional football career was cut short by his accidental death in 1963.
Fleming was born in Bellaire, Ohio, in 1937. He attended Shadyside High School in Shadyside, Ohio, where he was a standout prep player for the Shadyside Tigers high school football team.
Fleming attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Bob Woodruff's Florida Gators football team from 1956 to 1958. Fleming was the Gators' team captain in 1958, and he finished his college football career as a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection. Woodruff ranked him as the Gators' best receiver of the 1950s.
The Chicago Cardinals drafted Fleming following his senior football season, but he chose to remain in school and exhaust his remaining NCAA baseball eligibility playing for coach Dave Fuller's Florida Gators baseball team from 1958 to 1960. He was the captain of the Gators baseball team, and led the Gators in home runs and stolen bases.
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