Earle Toussaint Audet (May 14, 1921 – December 18, 2002) was an

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in the

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(NFL) for the

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, as well as the

Los Angeles Dons The Los Angeles Dons were an American football team in the newly formed football league the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1949, and played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Dons were the first profes ...

of the

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(AAFC). He played

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at the

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, where he joined Theta Chi fraternity, and was drafted in the third round of the

1944 NFL Draft The 1944 National Football League Draft was held on April 19, 1944, at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With the first overall pick of the draft, the Boston Yanks selected quarterback Angelo Bertelli. Player selections Round ...

. As an actor, he played minor roles in ''

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'' (1943), '' Black Bart'' (1948) and '' All American'' (1953). His wife DeDe, a graduate of Venice High School and longtime community activist and volunteer, served on Venice Town Council in the 1960s and 1970s, as President of Venice Neighborhood Council after Earl's death, on Councilwoman Ruth Galanter's Community Advisory Planning Committee, as representative to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power committee and representative of the advisory council on the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Coalition before retiring a second time in 2017 to move to Culver City.

Early life and education

Audet joined the Marines during the

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era.Lasher, George Starr (editor)
"The Rattle of Theta Chi"
volume 34, number 1, November 1945, p. 16.

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* 1921 births 2002 deaths American football offensive tackles American male shot putters Georgetown University alumni Los Angeles Dons players Players of American football from Providence, Rhode Island USC Trojans football players Washington Redskins players United States Marines United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II {{offensive-lineman-1920s-stub