Position: | Defensive back / Placekicker | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | May 10, 1938 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Pascagoula, Mississippi | ||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Pascagoula (MS) | ||||||||
College: | Ole Miss | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1960 / Round: 6 / Pick: 72 | ||||||||
AFL draft: |
1960 / Round: Second Selections (by the Los Angeles Chargers) |
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Field goals: | 80 / 50 |
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FG%: | 62.5 |
Extra points: | 135 / 122 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
George Leroy Blair (born May 10, 1938) is a former halfback for the University of Mississippi football Rebels (Ole Miss), playing in the 1958 Gator Bowl (Florida), and the 1959 Sugar Bowl (LSU), and the 1960 Sugar Bowl (Rice). He also played in the 1961 Senior Bowl at Mobile and the College All-Star Game in Chicago against the Philadelphia Eagles after his senior year at Ole Miss. Drafted by the American Football League's San Diego Chargers, as a placekicker, played for the four seasons (1961 - 1964) and won an AFL championship with them in 1963.