David Ames (American football)
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| Positions | Halfback, defensive back | ||||||||||||
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| Born | January 16, 1937 Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | August 4, 2009 (aged 72) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Woodrow Wilson (Portsmouth) | ||||||||||||
| College | Richmond | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1960 (16th round, 186th overall pick) | ||||||||||||
| AFL draft | 1960 | ||||||||||||
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David Randolph Ames (January 16, 1937 – August 4, 2009) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back and halfback.[1] He played college football for the Richmond Spiders, and played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) for the New York Titans and the Denver Broncos in 1961. He was drafted by the National Football League (NFL)'s Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1960 NFL draft. Ames died from Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS).
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- 1937 births
- 2009 deaths
- Players of American football from Portsmouth, Virginia
- American football defensive backs
- American football halfbacks
- Richmond Spiders football players
- New York Titans (AFL) players
- Denver Broncos (AFL) players
- Deaths from motor neuron disease in Virginia
- 20th-century American sportsmen
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- American football defensive back, 1930s birth stubs