Craig Puki
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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Born: | Deadwood, South Dakota, U.S. | January 18, 1957||||||||
Died: | May 14, 2023 state of Washington, U.S. | (aged 66)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 231 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Glacier (Seattle, Washington) | ||||||||
College: | Tennessee | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1980 / round: 3 / pick: 77 | ||||||||
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Craig Alan Puki (January 18, 1957 – May 14, 2023) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers and St. Louis Cardinals.[1] He was selected by the 49ers in the third round of the 1980 NFL draft.[2] He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers and attended Glacier High School in Seattle. He was a member of the San Francisco 49ers team that won Super Bowl XVI.[3][4]
Puki died on May 14, 2023, at the age of 66.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Craig Puki Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "1980 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "CRAIG PUKI". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ Eskenazi, Gerald (January 25, 1982). "49ers HOLD OFF BENGALS, WIN SUPER BOWL, 26-21". The New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ Craig A. Puki
- ^ Williams, Charean (May 19, 2023). "Former 49ers linebacker Craig Puki dies at 66". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
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Categories:
- 1957 births
- 2023 deaths
- Players of American football from South Dakota
- American football linebackers
- Tennessee Volunteers football players
- San Francisco 49ers players
- St. Louis Cardinals (football) players
- People from Deadwood, South Dakota
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football linebacker, 1950s birth stubs