Paul Wiggin
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Position: | Defensive end |
Personal information | |
Born: | Modesto, California, U.S. | November 18, 1934
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight: | 242 lb (110 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Manteca (Manteca, California) |
College: | Modesto Junior College Stanford |
NFL draft: | 1956 / Round: 6 / Pick: 73 |
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Paul David Wiggin (born November 18, 1934) is an American former football player and coach. He played professional as a defensive end with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He later coached in the NFL as well as in college football.
When he graduated Manteca High School in 1952, he was named the Most Outstanding Athlete.[1] He attended Modesto Junior College.[2] After graduating from Stanford University in 1957,[3] he spent his entire 11-year playing career with Cleveland until his retirement following the 1967 NFL season. Twice earning Pro Bowl honors, Wiggin was a key member of the team's defensive line when it won the 1964 NFL championship with a 27–0 shutout of the Baltimore Colts.
He was named an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers on February 14, 1968, spending the next seven seasons with the team until being hired as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs on January 23, 1975. After compiling an 11–24 mark in less than three seasons, Wiggin was fired following a 44–7 loss against his old team, the Browns, on October 30, 1977.
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College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Stanford Cardinals / Cardinal (Pacific-10 Conference) (1980–1983) | |||||||||
1980 | Stanford | 6–5 | 3–4 | T–6th | |||||
1981 | Stanford | 4–7 | 4–4 | T–6th | |||||
1982 | Stanford | 5–6 | 3–5 | 7th | |||||
1983 | Stanford | 1–10 | 1–7 | 10th | |||||
Stanford: | 16–28 | 11–20 | |||||||
Total: | 16–28 |
NFL
Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
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Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
KC | 1975 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 3rd in AFC West | — | — | — | — |
KC | 1976 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 4th in AFC West | — | — | — | — |
KC | 1977 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | Fired | — | — | — | — |
Total | 11 | 24 | 0 | .314 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
References
- ^ "Paul Wiggin".
- ^ "Modesto Junior College". Modesto Junior College. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
- ^ Traditions – Stanford University Official Athletic Site Archived August 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Paul Wiggin at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference