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Position: | Guard, center | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Date of birth: | February 28, 1947 | ||||||
Place of birth: | Walnut Hill, Florida | ||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Walnut Hill (FL) Ernest Ward | ||||||
College: | Florida | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1969 / Round: 5 / Pick: 109 | ||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Games played: | 89 |
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Games started: | 13 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Guy Durell Dennis (born February 28, 1947) is an American former college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1960s and 1970s. Dennis played college football for the University of Florida, and received All-American honors. Thereafter, he played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Detroit Lions of the NFL.
Dennis was born in Walnut Hill, Florida in 1947, and he attended Ernest Ward High School in Walnut Hill.
Dennis received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played guard for coach Ray Graves' Florida Gators football team from 1966 to 1968. He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1967 and 1968, a first-team All-American in 1968, and a team captain in 1968. He was also the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, recognizing the "senior football player who displays outstanding leadership, character and courage."
While he was an undergraduate, Dennis was initiated as a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity (Alpaha Eta Chapter). He graduated from Florida with bachelor's degree in 1970, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great."