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Born: | Kansas City, Missouri | May 15, 1935||||||
Died: | January 20, 2004 Modesto, California | (aged 68)||||||
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College: | UCLA | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1957 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20 | ||||||
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Donald Dee Shinnick (May 15, 1935 – January 20, 2004)[1] was an American football linebacker who played as a collegian for UCLA and then thirteen seasons in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts. He had 37 career interceptions with the Colts, still an NFL record for a linebacker.
After retiring as a player, he served as an assistant coach with the Chicago Bears, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Oakland Raiders and the New England Patriots.
He died at a rest home in Modesto, California on January 20, 2004 of frontal lobe disorder.[2]
Coaching history[]
- 1970–1971 Chicago Bears (LB)
- 1973–1977 Oakland Raiders (LB)
- 1978–1984 St. Louis Cardinals (LB)
- 1985–1989 New England Patriots (LB)
References[]
- ↑ "Don Shinnick". Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/ShinDo20.htm. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ↑ Los Angeles Times (January 23, 2004), Don Shinnick; was linebacker for Colts, coach for Patriots The Boston Globe. Retrieved on October 25, 2009.
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