Ross Cooper "Rip" Hawkins (April 21, 1939 – July 28, 2015) was a professional American football player. He played five seasons in the National Football League with the Minnesota Vikings. He died in 2015; at the time of his death, he had Lewy body dementia.[1][2]
No. 58 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | (1939-04-21)April 21, 1939 Winchester, Tennessee | ||||||
Died: | July 28, 2015(2015-07-28) (aged 76) Cheyenne, Wyoming | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
College: | North Carolina | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1961 / Round: 2 / Pick: 15 | ||||||
AFL Draft: | 1961 / Round: 2 / Pick: 10 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
| |||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||
| |||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||
| |||||||
Player stats at NFL.com | |||||||
Minnesota Vikings 1961 NFL draft selections | |
---|---|
|
Minnesota Vikings 1961 inaugural season roster | |
---|---|
Head coach: Norm Van Brocklin |
Boston Patriots 1961 AFL draft selections | |
---|---|
|
![]() | This biographical article relating to an American football linebacker born in the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |