Hal Dean
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Position: | Guard | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Wooster, Ohio, U.S. | October 30, 1922||||
Died: | February 12, 2011 | (aged 88)||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
College: | Ohio State | ||||
NFL draft: | 1947 / Round: 30 / Pick: 283 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Hal Stone Dean (October 30, 1922 – February 12, 2011) was a left guard for the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League (NFL), playing three seasons from 1947 to 1949.[1]
Early life
Hal was born to Forest William Dean and Vernon Stone Dean in
College and military service
After graduating from
In December 1942, Hal was ordered to
Hal was voted to the All-Big Ten team when he returned to the
Professional football career
In June 1947, Hal married his high school sweetheart Estella "Stella" Graber. They moved to
Hal played for the Los Angeles Rams during the 1947, 1948, and 1949 seasons, and was a member of the NFL Western Division Championship team. Hal played in the 1949 NFL Championship Game, predecessor to the modern Super Bowl. During the off-season, he attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California to pursue his M.S. degree (1950) in Geology.
Oil and gas career
After graduation, Hal and Stella moved to
In 1960, Hal moved his family to
In 1970, Hal had the honor of inducting his former Los Angeles Rams teammate, Tom Fears, into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Hal and Stella later moved to Rancho Santa Fe, California. After Stella's death in 1987, Hal married Nancy Bartling. He eventually returned to Midland to be closer to his family and friends.
Hal was a member of the
References
- ^ NFL.com Career Stats
- ^ Park, Jack. The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia. Sports Publishing LLC, 2003, p. xvi.
- ^ Ohio State Players in All-Star Games[permanent dead link]