Houston Antwine
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Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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Born: | Louise, Mississippi, U.S. | April 11, 1939||||||||
Died: | December 26, 2011 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.[1] | (aged 72)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Manassas (Memphis, Tennessee) | ||||||||
College: | Southern Illinois | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1961 / Round: 3 / Pick: 38 | ||||||||
AFL draft: | 1961 / Round: 8 / Pick: 64 | ||||||||
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Houston J. Antwine (April 11, 1939 – December 26, 2011) was an American football defensive tackle who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons.
Early life
He played college football and wrestling for the Southern Illinois. He was named a Little All-American for football (the Salukis won the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1960) and finished as second in the NAIA heavyweight division. He was inducted into the Southern Illinois University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979.[2]
Pro career
He was selected by the AFL's
Houston was the AFL Defensive Player of the Week as he sacked
Statistics for sacks were not officially counted in his day, but Antwine is recognized as having 39 sacks in his 142 games with the Patriots, leading the team in three straight seasons (1967-1969). He was named to the American Football League All-Time Team in 1970 as a first-team defensive tackle alongside Tom Sestak (with future Hall of Famer Buck Buchanan named a second-team tackle). After years of being a finalist, Antwine was finally inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame in 2015.[4][5]
Personal life
Antwine died of heart failure in Memphis, Tennessee on December 26, 2011, less than a day before his wife Evelyn died of lung cancer.[6][7]
See also
References
- ^ "Former Patriots defensive standout Antwine dies". ESPN.com. December 27, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Houston Antwine (1979) - Saluki Hall of Fame".
- ^ "Week 7 Submit a Question Q&A - Billy Shaw | Pro Football Hall of Fame".
- ^ "Houston Antwine -Defensive lineman | 1961-1971 | the Patriots Hall of Fame". 8 June 2015.
- ^ "State Your Case: 'Twine could unravel an offense with a rush". 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Former Patriots defensive standout Antwine dies". 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Patriots confirm death of 50th Anniversary Team member DT Houston Antwine".