Date of birth: | January 6, 1952 |
Place of birth: | West Columbia, Texas |
Career information | |
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Position(s): | Running Back |
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
College: | Colorado |
NFL Draft: | 1974 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48 |
Organizations | |
As player: | |
1974 1976 |
Cincinnati Bengals Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com |
Charles Douglas "Charlie" Davis (born January 16, 1952 in West Columbia, Texas) is a former American football running back for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. A 1974 draft choice from the University of Colorado, he rushed 72 times for 375 yards and caught 19 passes for 171 yards as a rookie, but suffered a preseason knee injury that prevented him from playing in 1975. In 1976, he was traded to the expansion Buccaneers for a future draft choice, which turned out to be a 1977 4th-rounder.[1] Davis scored the Buccaneers' first-ever offensive touchdown, a 1-yard run in week 4 of the 1976 season against the Baltimore Colts,[2] but later suffered another knee injury and spent the remainder of the 1976 season and the 1977 season on injured reserve.