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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.

Don Shinnick

No. 66
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	(1935-05-15)May 15, 1935 Kansas City, Missouri
Died:	January 20, 2004(2004-01-20) (aged 68) Modesto, California
Career information
College:	UCLA
NFL Draft:	1957 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20
Career history
Baltimore Colts (1957–1969)
Career highlights and awards
3× NFL champion (1958, 1959, 1968) Super Bowl champion (XI) Second-team All-Pro (1959) NFL interceptions co-leader (1959)
Career NFL statistics
INT: 37 INT Yards: 255 Games: 158

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

External links

• Obituary
• Don Shinnick at Find a Grave

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