| Date of birth: | May 25, 1935 |
| Place of birth: | Marksville, Louisiana |
| Date of death: | April 18, 2016 (aged 80) |
| Place of death: | Oakland, California |
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| Position(s): | Offensive tackle Defensive tackle |
| NFL Draft: | 1958 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17 |
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| Playing stats at NFL.com | |
Proverb Gabriel Jacobs, Jr. (May 25, 1935 – April 18, 2016) was an American football offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants. He also played in the American Football League for the New York Titans and the Oakland Raiders. Jacobs played college football at Modesto Junior College and the University of California. He was drafted in the second round of the 1958 NFL Draft. Jacobs self-published his memoir, Autobiography of an Unknown Football Player, in 2014.[1] He died in 2016 at the age of 80.[2]
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