Jack Lenard Freeman (January 20, 1922 – July 23, 1990) was an American football guard for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the AAFC. He played college football at Texas.[1]
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| Position: | Guard |
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| Born: | (1922-01-20)January 20, 1922 Mexia, Texas |
| Died: | July 23, 1990(1990-07-23) (aged 68) Houston, Texas |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Mexia (Mexia, Texas) |
| College: | Texas |
| NFL Draft: | 1943 / Round: 27 / Pick: 257 |
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Freeman played football for the Texas Longhorns from 1938 to 1942.[2] He was inducted into the Texas Longhorn Hall of Honor, which he helped organize, in 1989.[3]
Freeman was drafted in the 27th round of the 1943 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, who would later temporarily merge with the Philadelphia Eagles to form the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Steagles for the 1943 NFL season.[1]
However, Freeman did not play with the Steagles in 1943, as he was completing his Army Air Corps training at Randolph Air Base in San Antonio, Texas.[4] He instead played football for two years at Randolph, and for one year at Fort Worth Army Air Base.[5]
In 1946, Freeman moved to New York to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference.[1][4] He played twelve games with the Dodgers, starting three of them.[1]
Freeman and his wife Daisy, who he met while at the University of Texas, eloped in January 1943.[4]
He died on July 23, 1990, at the age of 68.[6]
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