Duke Iversen
American football player (1920–2011)
American football player
![]() Iversen on a 1948 Bowman football card | |
No. 15 | |
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Position: | Back |
Personal information | |
Born: | (1920-02-26)February 26, 1920 Petaluma, California, U.S. |
Died: | May 20, 2011(2011-05-20) (aged 91) Petaluma, California, U.S. |
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 | |
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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 (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC) 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]
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External links
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New York Giants 1947 NFL draft selections
- Vic Schwall
- John Cannady
- Nelson Greene
- Bob Davis
- Duke Iversen
- Frank Muehlheuser
- John Novitsky
- Fred Mullis
- Robert Hoernschemeyer
- Hardy Brown
- Bill Hachten
- Herschel (Ug) Fuson
- John Fallon
- Bob Orlando
- Frank Pulattie
- Dick Brinkley
- Frank Guess
- Tom Landry
- Joe Ponsetto
- Art Donovan
- Hal Shoener
- Bill Moll
- Dick Thomas
- Ralph Stewart
- George Bibighaus
- Jim Carrington
- Claude Harrison
- John Wright
- Bill Schuler
- Don Clayton