// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Dan Nugent? Nugent to meet you.
| No. 62 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Guard | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | August 22, 1953 Mount Clemens, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | October 18, 2001 (aged 48) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Pompano Beach (FL) | ||||||||
| College | Auburn | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1975 (3rd round, 67 (by the Los Angeles Rams)[1]th overall pick) | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Daniel Lawrence Nugent (August 22, 1953 – October 18, 2001) was an American professional football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Auburn University.
Early life
[edit]Nugent was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, and then moved to Florida. He attended Pompano Beach High School, where he played football as a tight end and defensive lineman from 1968 to 1970.[2]
College career
[edit]Nugent attended and played college football at Auburn University, where he played tight end before moving to guard.[2]
Professional career
[edit]Nugent was selected in the third round of the 1975 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams.[3] He was then traded to the Washington Redskins in 1976 for second and third round draft picks.[4][5] He played for the Redskins from 1976 to 1980, before being cut during the 1981 offseason due to a herniated disc.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Nugent married his wife, Lauren, in 1985. He sold knee and hip implant supplies for Howmedica Osteonics of South Florida.[2] He died on October 18, 2001, in Boca Raton, Florida, from leukemia.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "1975 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 "D. Nugent, Ex-nfl Player". Sun-Sentinel. October 19, 2001. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
- ↑ "1975 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2026.
- ↑ "Redskins cut Matuszak". Wilmington Morning Star. September 7, 1976. p. 13. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
- ↑ "A Quarterback Tetralogy: Rams To Eagles". Pro Football Journal. March 12, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Nugent Wins Redress For Redskins Injury". The Washington Post. September 7, 1983. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Dan Nugent at Find a Grave
 | This biographical article relating to an American football offensive lineman born in the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
- 1953 births
- 2001 deaths
- Sportspeople from Mount Clemens, Michigan
- Players of American football from Macomb County, Michigan
- Pompano Beach High School alumni
- American football offensive guards
- Auburn Tigers football players
- Washington Redskins players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football offensive lineman, 1950s birth stubs