Tony Guillory
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||
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| Born | November 10, 1942 Opelousas, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | July 27, 2021 (aged 78) Beaumont, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 236 lb (107 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Hebert (Beaumont, Texas) | ||||||
| College | Nebraska Lamar | ||||||
| NFL draft | 1965: 7th round, 93rd overall pick | ||||||
| AFL draft | 1965: 15th round, 114 (by the Houston Oilers)[1]th overall pick | ||||||
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Anthony Guillory (November 10, 1942 – July 27, 2021) was an American professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1965 through 1969. He attended the black Hebert High School in Beaumont, Texas, and played college football at the University of Nebraska and then at Lamar State College of Technology (now Lamar University). Transferring from Nebraska to Lamar in 1962, Guillory became the first black athlete at Lamar.[2][3] He was one of 16 pro footballers given the keys to the city of Beaumont in 1971.[4]
He died on July 27, 2021, in Beaumont, Texas, at age 78.[5]
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Categories:
- 1942 births
- 2021 deaths
- American football linebackers
- Lamar Cardinals football players
- Los Angeles Rams players
- Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- Players of American football from Beaumont, Texas
- People from Opelousas, Louisiana
- Sportspeople from St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American football linebacker, 1940s birth stubs