Dan Currie
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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Date of birth: | June 27, 1935 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||
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High school: | Detroit (MI) St. Anthony | ||||||||||
College: | Michigan State | ||||||||||
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Daniel George Currie (born June 27, 1935) is a former American football player, a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, with the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams.[2]
Early years
Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Currie played college football at Michigan State and was an All-American linebacker and center as a senior in 1957.[3][4][5]
Playing career
Currie was the third overall selection of the 1958 NFL draft, the first pick of the Packers.[6][7] In that draft, the Packers also selected Jim Taylor of LSU (2nd round, 15th overall), Ray Nitschke of Illinois (3rd round, 36th), and Jerry Kramer of Idaho (4th round, 39th).[6][8]
In his rookie season in 1958 under first-year head coach Scooter McLean, the Packers were a league worst 1–10–1 and hired Vince Lombardi as head coach in January 1959. Green Bay went 7–5 that season and then were in three consecutive NFL title games; they lost to Philadelphia in 1960 and won in 1961 and 1962, both over the New York Giants. Currie was an All-Pro in 1962, one of ten Packers on the 22-man Associated Press team,[1] and was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in December 1961.[9]
After seven seasons in Green Bay, Currie was traded to the Rams in April 1965 for receiver Carroll Dale.[10][11][12] He played two years for Los Angeles, then missed the final cut in September 1967 season at age 32.[13]
After football
Currie was later a defensive coach at Milton College in Wisconsin,[14] which closed in 1982. He moved to Las Vegas in the early 1980s and worked in casino security.[2][15]
References
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External links
- Sports Illustrated – cover – December 18, 1961
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference ·
- Dan Currie football cards
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- 1935 births
- Living people
- American football linebackers
- Green Bay Packers players
- Los Angeles Rams players
- Michigan State Spartans football players
- Milton Wildcats football coaches
- All-American college football players
- Western Conference Pro Bowl players
- Sportspeople from Detroit, Michigan
- Players of American football from Michigan