Name Proverb Jacobs | Positions Tackle 1961-1962 New York Titans (AFL) | |
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Date of birth (1935-05-25) May 25, 1935 (age 80) NFL draft 1958 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17 Education University of California, Berkeley, Modesto Junior College | ||
Proverb Gabriel Jacobs, Jr. (May 25, 1935 – April 18, 2016) was an American football offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants. He also played in the American Football League for the New York Titans and the Oakland Raiders. Jacobs played college football at Modesto Junior College and the University of California. He was drafted in the second round of the 1958 NFL Draft. Jacobs self-published his memoir, Autobiography of an Unknown Football Player, in 2014. He died in 2016 at the age of 80.
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