Ernie Warlick

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Ernie Warlick
No. 84
Position:Tight end
Personal information
Born:(1932-07-21)July 21, 1932
Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.
Died:November 24, 2012(2012-11-24) (aged 80)
Williamsville, New York, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school:Ridgeview
(Hickory, North Carolina)
College:North Carolina Central
Undrafted:1954
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Ernest "Ernie" "Big Hoss" Warlick (July 21, 1932 – November 24, 2012) was a

Professional Football as well as Canadian Professional Football.[1]

Warlick was born in

AFL championship game, when offensive linemen Billy Shaw and Dave Behrman were injured, Warlick helped bolster the Bills' offensive blocking in a double tight end offense. In that game, he also scored the first touchdown in the Bills' 23-0 victory over the Chargers, on an 18-yard pass from quarterback Jack Kemp
.

1964 AFL Championship ring

He was selected to the American Football League All-Star Team every year he was in the league, in 1962, '63, '64, and '65. He was the first African-American sportscaster on

Ralph C. Wilson Jr.
Distinguished Service Award in 2000. In 2005, Warlick was inducted to North Carolina's Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hall of Fame, honoring his basketball and football accomplishments at North Carolina Central.

See also

References

  1. ^ BuffaloBills.com Bills on Facebook Bills on Twitter (November 21, 2012). "Former Bills AFL TE Ernie Warlick passes". Buffalobills.com. Archived from the original on November 28, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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