Fred Doelling

Fred Frank Doelling (born September 27, 1938 in Valparaiso, Indiana) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania.

Fred Doelling
No. 34
Position:Safety
Personal information
Born: (1938-09-27) September 27, 1938
Valparaiso, Indiana
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:Valparaiso (Valparaiso, Indiana)
College:Pennsylvania
Undrafted:1960
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:2
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Early years

Doelling attended Valparaiso High School before moving on to the University of Pennsylvania.

He was a two-way player who also played on special teams. Known for his speed, he was a starter and the leading team rusher in three consecutive seasons. As a sophomore, he recorded 511 rushing yards on 93 carries. The next year, he was limited with leg injuries and finished with 340 rushing yards.[1]

As a senior, he rushed for 707 yards on 100 carries for an average of 7 yards and registered 3 interceptions on defense, while helping lead his school to its first-ever Ivy League title.[2][3] He ended his college eligibility with school records of 1,558 rushing yards on 305 carries for an average of 5 yards per carry. He played in the Chicago College All-Star Game.

In 2003, he was inducted into the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame.[4]

Professional career

In 1960, he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys. He was a part of the franchise's inaugural season and played in 2 games (2 starts) at safety. He was waived on November 7.

gollark: Kit-: we can workaround DNS blocking with some effort.
gollark: Actually, it is.
gollark: We will process this in 0.23 as to 623 gigayears.
gollark: No, you should subduct.
gollark: Why? RNNs are less efficient to train, thus bad. You get less goodness per FLOP invested.

References
  1. "Fred Doelling Wins Fame As Penn's Mr. Offense". Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  2. "Penn Beats Cornell For Ivy Crown". Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  3. "All East Grid Team Picked". Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  4. "Hall of Fame Class IV - Biographies". Retrieved April 30, 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.