Jerry Ahlin
Appearance
Date of birth | August 12, 1945 |
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Place of birth | Boise, Idaho |
Career information | |
Position(s) | LB |
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
US college | University of Idaho |
High school | Borah HS, Boise, Idaho |
Career history | |
As player | |
1969 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
Jerry Ahlin (born August 12, 1945) was a Canadian football linebacker who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. He played in one game in 1969.[1]
After college at the University of Idaho where he played defensive end and quarterback,[2][circular reference] Jerry was signed by the Dallas Cowboys but was the last player cut before the season began. He was sent to play with the Oklahoma City Plainsmen 1967, a member of the Professional Football League of America. As a minor league team, the Plainsmen had a working agreement with the Cowboys.[3]
Ahlin was Green Bay Packers guard Jerry Kramer's paperboy as a young man in Boise, and is mentioned in Kramer's book "Instant Replay."= References ==
- ^ Maher, Tod; Gill, Bob (2013). The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia: Every Player, Coach and Game, 1946–2012. Maher Sports Media. p. 141. ISBN 978-0983513667.
- ^ 1965 Idaho Vandals football team#Roster
- ^ The Oklahoman NewsOK.com https://newsok.com/article/2198076/looking-back-on-oklahomasept-7
Categories:
- 1945 births
- Living people
- American football linebackers
- Canadian football linebackers
- Idaho Vandals football players
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- Professional Football League of America players
- Dallas Cowboys players
- Players of American football from Idaho
- Players of Canadian football from Idaho
- Canadian football linebacker stubs