Dave Bernard (American football)
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| Position | QB / FB / LB | ||||||||||
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| Born | September 26, 1912 Jefferson, South Dakota, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Died | July 17, 1973 (aged 60) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Sioux City (IA) Central | ||||||||||
| College | Mississippi | ||||||||||
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David Edgar "King" Bernard (born September 26, 1912, died July 17, 1973) was an American football player who played two seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Rams.
Early life
Bernard was born in Jefferson, South Dakota and attended Central High School in Sioux City, Iowa.[1]
He matriculated at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).[1]
Football career
Bernard played two seasons for the Cleveland Rams in 1944 and 1945.[1] Previously, in 1942 he had briefly been on the roster of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but never saw action.[2][3] Bernard also played in 1942 with the minor-league Wilmington Clippers of the American Association.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Dave Bernard bio". databaseFootball. Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ Sell, Jack (10 September 1942). "Steelers Release Six Players And Add Two Others to Roster". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ Muldoon, Cecil G. (September 23, 1942). "Injury Robs Steelers of Sanders". Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ Brainerd, Steven M. (1991). "Starting at the Bottom: Hundreds of Minor League Players Made it to the NFL" (PDF). The Coffin Corner. 13 (3). Professional Football Researchers Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010.
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