Don Hultz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Don Hultz

American football player and professional wrestler

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1940

Place of Birth: Moss Point, Mississippi, United States

Profession: professional wrestler, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Don Hultz

  • William Donald Hultz (born December 16, 1940 in Moss Point, Mississippi) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League.
  • As a teenager, Hultz began playing football at Mobile County High School in Grand Bay, Alabama.
  • After graduating from high school, he played college football at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he played both offensive and defensive positions.
  • In 1962, during Hultz's senior year, Southern Mississippi's football team won the UPI Small College National Championship.Following college, Hultz signed as a free agent to play in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings.
  • He played his first season with the Vikings in 1963.
  • Before the 1964 season he was traded as part of a 4-for-1 deal to the Philadelphia Eagles where he played the following 9 seasons.
  • During those first ten years (both at Minnesota and Philadelphia) he wore the number 83.
  • After the 1972 season he was traded to the Chicago Bears where he played his final season in 1973.
  • During that final year he wore the number 67.
  • While in the NFL, Hultz played defensive end, defensive tackle, and linebacker.Hultz holds the NFL record for the most opponents' fumbles recovered in a season, nine, in 1963, his rookie season.
  • See List of National Football League records (individual).His brother, George Hultz, also played high school football at Grand Bay, Alabama and later at the University of Southern Mississippi.
  • He was drafted in the 1961 NFL Draft by the St.
  • Louis Cardinals and played one season in the NFL as an offensive tackle.
  • Later, he worked as a professional wrestler for promoter Nick Gulas.
  • He competed against Buddy Wolfe, another former NFL player, among others.His brother, George Hultz, also played high school football at [[Grand Bay, Alabama]] and later at the [[University of Southern Mississippi]].
  • He was drafted in the [[1961 NFL Draft]] by the [[St.
  • Louis Cardinals]] and played one season in the NFL as an offensive tackle.http://www.ahsfhs.org/nfl/NFL2.asp?abc=H Later, he worked as a professional wrestler for promoter [[Nick Gulas]].See Memphis Wrestling History, at http://www.memphiswrestlinghistory.com/1973.html He competed against [[Buddy Wolfe]], another former NFL player, among others.See, one of many, http://www.infinitecore.com/superstar/index.php?threadid=63755&last=1 His son played college football and his grandson, Sam http://www.hudl.com/profile/9899721/Sam-Hultz, plays in his town league.

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