John Henry Hollar (August 7, 1922 – April 9, 1997) was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
fullback in the
National Football League
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for the
Washington Redskins
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and the
Detroit Lions. He played
college football at
Appalachian State University and was
drafted in the thirteenth round of the
1948 NFL Draft
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by the
Chicago Cardinals
The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.
Roots ...
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1922 births
1997 deaths
American football fullbacks
Appalachian State Mountaineers football players
United States Army personnel of World War II
Detroit Lions players
Washington Redskins players
People from Boone, North Carolina
Players of American football from North Carolina
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