Ernie Warlick
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Position: | Tight end |
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Born: | Hickory, North Carolina, U.S. | July 21, 1932
Died: | November 24, 2012 Williamsville, New York, U.S. | (aged 80)
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 |
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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
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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
- ^ 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.
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