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|birth_date={{Birth date|1933|4|5}} |
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|birth_place=[[Sweatman, Mississippi]] |
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|death_date={{Death date and age|2007|4| |
|death_date={{Death date and age|2007|4|19|1933|4|5}} |
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|death_place=[[Winona, Mississippi]] |
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|height_in = 11 |
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|weight_lbs = 230 |
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|high_school=Spring Hill<br>([[Sweatman, Mississippi]]) |
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|college=[[Alcorn State Braves football|Alcorn A&M]] |
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*[[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|1957}}) |
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* [[Alcorn State Braves football|Alcorn A&M]] (1960–1963) (head coach) |
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'''Franklin Purnell''' April 5, 1933 – April |
'''Franklin Deland Purnell''' April 5, 1933 – April 19, 2007) was an [[American football]] player and coach. He played professionally as a [[Fullback (gridiron football)|fullback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) with the [[Green Bay Packers]] during the [[1957 NFL season]].<ref>https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PurnFr20.htm</ref> Purnell served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as [[Alcorn State University]]—from 1960 to 1963. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* {{Find a Grave|32102137}} |
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{{Alcorn State Braves football coach navbox}} |
{{Alcorn State Braves football coach navbox}} |
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Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||
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Born: | Sweatman, Mississippi | April 5, 1933||||||||||
Died: | April 19, 2007 Winona, Mississippi | (aged 74)||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Spring Hill (Sweatman, Mississippi) | ||||||||||
College: | Alcorn A&M | ||||||||||
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Franklin Deland Purnell April 5, 1933 – April 19, 2007) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers during the 1957 NFL season.[1] Purnell served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as Alcorn State University—from 1960 to 1963.
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- 1933 births
- Living people
- American football fullbacks
- Alcorn State Braves football coaches
- Alcorn State Braves football players
- Green Bay Packers players
- People from Montgomery County, Mississippi
- Players of American football from Mississippi
- African-American coaches of American football
- African-American players of American football
- American football running back, 1930s birth stubs