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Position: | End | ||||||
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Born: | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | November 13, 1939||||||
Died: | October 7, 1973 Bakersfield, California, U.S. | (aged 33)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Santa Ynez Valley Union (Santa Ynez, California) | ||||||
College: | Fresno State | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1963 / round: 6 / pick: 84 | ||||||
AFL draft: | 1963 / round: 9 / pick: 72 | ||||||
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Jan Michael Barrett (November 13, 1939 โ October 7, 1973) was an American college and professional football player.[1] He played college football at California State University, Fresno, where he was an offensive end. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 1962,[1] and played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) for the Oakland Raiders in 1963 and 1964.
Barrett was killed on Lake Ming, California, while attempting to break a drag boat world speed record. On his final run he reached a speed of 154.10 miles per hour (248.00 km/h), just short of the world record of 155 miles per hour (249 km/h).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Motorsport Memorial - Jan Barrett". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
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Categories:
- 1939 births
- 1973 deaths
- Motorboat racers who died while racing
- Oakland Raiders players
- Sports deaths in California
- Sportspeople from Santa Barbara, California
- Players of American football from Santa Barbara County, California
- Green Bay Packers players
- Fresno State Bulldogs football players
- American Football League players
- Santa Ynez Valley Union High School alumni
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football offensive lineman, 1930s birth stubs