Dave Waymer

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Dave Waymer
Date of birth: July 1, 1958(1958-07-01)
Place of birth: Flag of the United States Brooklyn, New York
Date of death: April 30, 1993
Career information
Position(s): Defensive back
College: Notre Dame
NFL Draft: 1980 / Round: 2 / Pick 41
Organizations
 As player:
1980-1989
1990-1991
1992		 New Orleans Saints
San Francisco 49ers
Los Angeles Raiders
Career highlights and Awards
Pro Bowls: 1
Records: New Orleans Saints all-time interceptions leader with 37
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

David Benjamin Waymer, Jr. (July 1, 1958 – April 30, 1993) was an American football defensive back in the NFL.

Waymer graduated from West Charlotte High School in 1976. He played college football at Notre Dame, graduating in 1980, and was drafted in the 1980 NFL Draft in the second round by the New Orleans Saints, where he played until 1989. He was offered a contract by the New Jersey Generals of the USFL, but opted to remain in New Orleans, saying, "I always wanted to play there. I've got a lot of friends there, and that is where, hopefully, I'll finish out my career."[1] He played for the San Francisco 49ers in 1990 and 1991 and the Los Angeles Raiders in 1992. Waymer died on April 30, 1993, at the age of 34, from a heart attack brought on by cocaine.

Waymer married his long-time girlfriend, Sally Hampton, on June 29, 1981. They divorced in 1986. Hampton, a writer and producer currently residing in Los Angeles, dedicated the ABC/Wonderful World of Disney movie A Saintly Switch to his memory in 1999. Waymer had remarried in 1989 and had one son, David Benjamin Waymer III, who had just turned one year at the time of his father's passing.

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