Harry Jacobs (American football)

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Harry Jacobs
No. 83, 54, 64, 52
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born:(1937-02-04)February 4, 1937
Canton, Illinois, U.S.
Died:December 17, 2021(2021-12-17) (aged 84)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:226 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:Canton (IL)
College:Bradley
NFL draft:1959 / Round: 11 / Pick: 125
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Harry Edwards Jacobs (February 4, 1937 – December 17, 2021) was an American professional

Boston Patriots from 1960 through 1962, and for the Buffalo Bills from 1963 through 1969. He then played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints
from 1970 to 1973.

Professional career

Jacobs played in the playoffs four straight years (1963–1966) with the Bills, and was an

professional football record. They helped the Bills' formidable front four hold opposing teams without a 100-yard rusher for seventeen consecutive games in 1964 and 1965, and achieved American Football League championships
in both those years. He is one of only twenty players who played in the American Football League throughout its ten-year existence.

Personal life

Jacobs died in a nursing home on December 17, 2021, at the age of 84.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Two-time Buffalo Bills AFL champion Harry Jacobs dies at 84". ESPN. December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2021.