Donald Elroy Boll (July 16, 1927 – December 29, 2001) was an
American football
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offensive lineman
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in the
National Football League
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for the
Washington Redskins
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and the
New York Giants
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. He played
college football
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Unlike most ...
at the
University of Nebraska
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and was
drafted in the fourth round of the
1953 NFL Draft
The 1953 National Football League Draft was held on January 22, 1953, at Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. Selections made by the folded Dallas Texans were assigned to the new Baltimore Colts.
This was the seventh year that the first ove ...
.
1927 births
2001 deaths
American football offensive guards
American football offensive tackles
Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
Sportspeople from Nebraska
New York Giants players
Washington Redskins players
People from Scribner, Nebraska
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