Duke Iversen

Duke Iversen

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Iversen on a 1948 Bowman football card
No. 15
Position: Back
Personal information
Date of birth: (1920-02-26)February 26, 1920
Place of birth: Petaluma, California
Date of death: May 20, 2011(2011-05-20) (aged 91)
Place of death: Petaluma, California
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school: Petaluma (CA)
College: Oregon
NFL Draft: 1947 / Round: 7 / Pick: 54
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Christopher Arnold "Duke" Iversen (February 26, 1920 – May 20, 2011) was an American football player who played five seasons in the National Football League and All-America Football Conference with the New York Giants, New York Yankees and New York Yanks. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the seventh round of the 1947 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Oregon and attended Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California.[1] His family's name was spelled "Iverson" but a doctor misspelled it as "Iversen" on Duke's birth certificate.[2]

References

  1. "DUKE IVERSEN". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  2. Osborne, Harlan. "Duke Iversen relished his five-year pro football career". petaluma360.com. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
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