Dennis Byrd (American football, born 1946)

**Dennis Byrd**
Career information
Date of birth:	(1946-08-31)August 31, 1946
Place of birth:	Pleasant Garden, North Carolina
Date of death:	July 22, 2010(2010-07-22) (aged 63)
Place of death:	Charlotte, North Carolina
Position(s):	Defensive tackle Defensive end

College:	North Carolina State
NFL Draft:	1968 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Organizations
As player:
1968	Boston Patriots (AFL)
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame

Dennis Wayne Byrd (August 31, 1946 – July 22, 2010)^[1] was a defensive lineman who played one season in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots. He attended North Carolina State University, where he was an All-American. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011.

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v · d · e1968 NFL Draft First Round Selections

Ron Yary Bob Johnson Claude Humphrey Russ Washington Fred Carr Dennis Byrd Kevin Hardy Larry Csonka Haven Moses Mike Taylor Greg Landry Jim Smith MacArthur Lane Tim Rossovich Forrest Blue Mike Hull Lee White Jim Hill Mo Moorman Dennis Homan Marvin Upshaw George Daney John Williams Earl McCullouch Eldridge Dickey Bill Lueck Doug Crusan

Draft years 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

v · d · e1967 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	B Gary Beban B Larry Csonka B Leroy Keyes B O. J. Simpson E Dennis Homan E Ron Sellers OT Edgar Chandler OT Ron Yary G Rich Stotter G Harry Olzewski C Bob Johnson

Defense	DL Dennis Byrd DL Ted Hendricks DL Granville Liggins DL Wayne Meylan DL Tim Rossovich LB Don Manning LB Adrian Young DB Dick Anderson DB Bobby Johns DB Frank Loria DB Tom Schoen

v · d · eList of New England Patriots first-round draft picks

Schwedes Mason Collins A. Graham Concannon McCormick Rush Singer Townes Charles Byrd Sellers Olsen Plunkett Hannah Cunningham Stingley Francis Haynes Brock Fox Clayborn Morgan Cryder Sanford James Ferguson Holloway Sims Williams Eason Fryar Matich Dupard Armstrong Stephens Dykes Singleton Agnew Harlow Russell Chung Bledsoe McGinest Law Glenn Canty Edwards T. Jones Woody Katzenmoyer Seymour D. Graham Warren Wilfork Watson Mankins Maroney Meriweather Mayo McCourty Solder C. Jones Hightower

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAC TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

Persondata
Name	Byrd, Dennis
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	August 31, 1946
Place of birth	Pleasant Garden, NC
Date of death	July 22, 2010
Place of death	Charlotte, NC

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