Olie Cordill
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| Positions | Wingback Halfback Punter | ||||||||||||
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| Born | April 28, 1916 Big Spring, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | November 14, 1988 (aged 72) Travis County, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Big Spring | ||||||||||||
| College | Rice | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1940: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Olie James Cordill (April 28, 1916 – November 14, 1988) was an American professional football halfback in the National Football League (NFL). A first round selection (fifth overall pick) in the 1940 NFL draft out of Rice University, Cordill played for the Cleveland Rams in that year.[1] His son Ollie Cordill also played in the NFL.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ "Ollie Cordill Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
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- 1916 births
- 1988 deaths
- Sportspeople from Big Spring, Texas
- Players of American football from Howard County, Texas
- American football halfbacks
- Rice Owls football players
- Cleveland Rams players
- United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
- United States Army Air Forces officers
- Military personnel from Texas
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football running back, 1910s birth stubs