Eddie Dove
 Dove in 1961 | |||||||||
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| Positions | Safety, return specialist | ||||||||
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| Born | April 4, 1937 Hygiene, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 181 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Loveland (Loveland, Colorado) | ||||||||
| College | Colorado | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1959: 3rd round, 29th overall pick | ||||||||
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Edward Everest Dove (born April 4, 1937) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes and was selected in the third round of the 1959 NFL draft.[1]
Dove served in the United States Army's XV Corps as a typist. Dove served two weeks out of the year for the XV Corps starting in 1959.[2]
References
- ↑ "1959 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ "'The Dove' Serves As Corps Typist". Star Presidian. Vol. 11, no. 4. San Francisco, California: United States Army. June 15, 1962. p. 9. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
Categories:
- 1937 births
- Living people
- American football cornerbacks
- Colorado Buffaloes football players
- New York Giants players
- Sportspeople from Boulder County, Colorado
- San Francisco 49ers players
- Western Conference Pro Bowl players
- Typists
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Players of American football from Boulder, Colorado
- American football defensive back, 1930s birth stubs