Herb Siegert

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Herb Siegert
No. 63
Position:
NFL draft:1949 / Round: 18 / Pick: 178
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:36
Interceptions:2
Fumble recoveries:4
Player stats at NFL.com

Herbert Frank Siegert (January 10, 1924 – September 26, 2008) was an

Washington Redskins
.

College career

Siegert originally attended

University of Illinois and won the Big Ten Conference in 1946, as well as the 1947 Rose Bowl against the University of California, Los Angeles.[2] Siegert captained the 1948 team, and won All-American honors.[2]

Professional career

Siegert was

Washington Redskins, where he played from 1949 to 1951
.

Personal

After football, Siegert worked as an insurance agent. He and his wife Joan had five daughters.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1947 Rose Bowl shaped Illini players' lives". Rockford Register Star. Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
  2. ^ a b c "Siegert made a deal – If he made it home from the war, he'd go back to college". Gatehouse News Service. Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2008-08-24.

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