Bruce Bannon
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||
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| Born: | March 11, 1951 Rockaway, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Rockaway (NJ) Morris Hills Bannon was inducted into the Morris Hills (N.J.) Regional District Hall of Fame. | ||||
| College: | Penn State 1972 Cotton Bowl MVP (Penn State) | ||||
| NFL draft: | 1973 / Round: 5 / Pick: 116 | ||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||
Bruce Patrick Bannon (born March 11, 1951) is an American former professional
Bannon was born in Rockaway, New Jersey. He started playing football at 8 years old in the Morris County Midget Football League for the Rockaway Township Rockets as a quarterback. He played high school football at Morris Hills High School in Rockaway.[1]
Bannon attended
The Nittany Lions compiled a 28-6 record in his three seasons at Penn State, and the team twice received the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy as the best team in the Northeast. Bannon was a Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete with an NCAA Postgraduate scholarship. He was a 1972 Academic All American as well. Bannon had 223 tackles as a defensive end and was outstanding as a pass rusher.
He resides in Pennsylvania. Reports of his death in early 2008 were erroneous, arising from the death of an individual with the same name.
References
- ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Bruce Bannon Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 23, 2012.