Roger Harding (American football)
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Born: | Oakland, California, U.S. | June 11, 1923||||||||
Died: | January 8, 2009 | (aged 85)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Lafayette (CA) Acalanes | ||||||||
College: | California | ||||||||
Position: | Center/ Linebacker | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1945 / round: 5 / pick: 37 | ||||||||
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Roger Paul Harding (June 11, 1923 – January 8, 2009) was a center in the National Football League (NFL).
Biography
[edit]Harding was born Roger Paul Harding on June 11, 1923, in Oakland, California.[1]
Career
[edit]Harding was drafted in the fifth round of the 1945 NFL draft by the Cleveland Rams and played with the team for two seasons, including during the franchise's move to Los Angeles, California. He would spend the following two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Detroit Lions before splitting the 1949 NFL season between the New York Bulldogs and the Green Bay Packers.
He played at the collegiate level at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]
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Categories:
- Cleveland Rams players
- Los Angeles Rams players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- Detroit Lions players
- New York Bulldogs players
- Green Bay Packers players
- American football centers
- California Golden Bears football players
- Players of American football from Oakland, California
- 1923 births
- 2009 deaths
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football offensive lineman, 1920s birth stubs