Buddy Dial
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| Buddy Dial | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | January 17, 1937 |
| Place of birth: | Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States |
| Date of death: | February 29, 2008 (aged 71) |
| Place of death: | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | Wide receiver |
| College: | Rice |
| NFL Draft: | 1959 / Round: 2 / Pick: 22 (By the New York Giants) |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1959-1963 1964-1966 |
Pittsburgh Steelers Dallas Cowboys |
| Career highlights and Awards | |
| Pro Bowls: | 2 |
| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Gilbert Leroy "Buddy" Dial (17 January 1937 – 29 February 2008) was an American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, he grew up in Magnolia, Texas, graduating from Magnolia High School.
[edit] College career
Buddy was an end at Rice University from 1956 to 1958 and was selected an All-American in 1958.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
[edit] NFL career
Buddy played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1959 to 1963, and for the Dallas Cowboys from 1964 to 1966.
Buddy Dial finished his NFL career with 261 receptions for 5,436 yards (20.8 yards per rec. avg.), and 44 touchdowns,and 14 yards on 4 rushes (3.5 yards per rush avg.). He was selected to the Pro Bowl twice, in 1961 and 1963.
Injuries during his NFL career led to significant health problems brought on by the abuse of painkilling drugs, and Dial went through years of difficulties before treatment in the late 1980s.
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