Frank Grant (American football)

Frank Grant
	No. 46, 83
Born:	February 15, 1950; Brooklyn, New York
Career information
Position(s)	Wide receiver
College	Southern Colorado
NFL draft	1972 / Round: 13 / Pick: 332
Career history
As player
1972–1978	Washington Redskins
1978	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Career stats
	Playing stats at NFL.com;

Frank Grant (born February 15, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at Southern Colorado and was drafted in the 13th round of the 1972 NFL Draft.

Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Grant was raised in Newark, New Jersey and attended East Side High School, where he played organized football for the first time despite having been told as a freshman that he was too small, at 140 pounds (64 kg), to play the sport competitively.[1]

References

Shapiro, Leonard. "Redskin Grant Has Overcome Long Odds", The Washington Post, October 7, 1977. Accessed October "'If you knew where he came from, what his background was, you'd know what I'm talking about,' said Bert Nanhoff, Grant's football coach at East Side High in Newark and now a guidance counselor at a suburban school in northern New Jersey.... That determination showed up early, because Manhoff once told Grant, then a puny 140-pound freshman, that he was simply too small to play high school football."

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[1] Shapiro, Leonard. "Redskin Grant Has Overcome Long Odds", The Washington Post, October 7, 1977. Accessed October "'If you knew where he came from, what his background was, you'd know what I'm talking about,' said Bert Nanhoff, Grant's football coach at East Side High in Newark and now a guidance counselor at a suburban school in northern New Jersey.... That determination showed up early, because Manhoff once told Grant, then a puny 140-pound freshman, that he was simply too small to play high school football."