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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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Born: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | September 18, 1951||||||
Died: | April 5, 2007 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 55)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | John Marshall (Chicago) | ||||||
College: | Purdue (1970–1972) | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1973 / round: 1 / pick: 19 | ||||||
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Darryl Floyd Stingley (September 18, 1951 – April 5, 2007) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for five seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). His career was ended at age 26 by an on-field spinal cord injury. He died from heart disease and pneumonia complicated by quadriplegia.[1]