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John Amberg
No. 12
Position:Defensive back
Personal information
Born:(1929-03-06)March 6, 1929
Johnson County, Kansas
Died:May 4, 2004(2004-05-04) (aged 75)
Torrance, California
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:Shawnee (KS) Mission Northwest
College:Kansas
Undrafted:1951
Career history
* New York Giants ( 1951)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

John McCaslin Amberg (March 6, 1929 - May 4, 2004) was an American football defensive back who played for the New York Giants during the 1951 and 1952 NFL seasons. A few of his teammates were Tom Landry, Frank Gifford, Emlen Tunnell, Charlie Conerly and Kyle Rote. He played college football at Kansas. He later became a President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the NFL Alumni which served in part to help "at risk youth". He also ran the Gem-O-Lite plastics Corp. at 5525 Cahuenga Blvd. in North Hollywood, California. Gem-O-Lite, among other things was a movie industry favorite for acrylic materials in the 60's, 70' and 80's.

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