Paul Ernest Held, Jr. (October 20, 1927 – July 19, 2019)
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in the National Football League
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(NFL).
Biography
Held was born in El Segundo, California
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. Held was drafted in the nineteenth round of the 1953 NFL Draft
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This was the seventh year that the first ove ...
by the Detroit Lions
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and later played with the Pittsburgh Steelers
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and the Green Bay Packers
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. He played at the collegiate level at San Diego State University.
See also
*List of Pittsburgh Steelers players
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* List of Green Bay Packers players
References
1927 births
2019 deaths
People from El Segundo, California
Pittsburgh Steelers players
Green Bay Packers players
American football quarterbacks
San Jose State Spartans football players
Players of American football from Los Angeles County, California
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