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Date of birth | October 12, 1948 |
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Place of birth | Pottsville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Date of death | August 1, 2019 | (aged 70)
Place of death | Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Wide receiver |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
US college | Wake Forest |
Career history | |
As player | |
– | Pottstown Firebirds (ACFL) |
1971 | Schuylkill County Coal Crackers (SFL) |
1974 | Chicago Fire (WFL) |
1975–1979 | Denver Broncos |
Career stats | |
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John Tice Dolbin Jr.[1] (October 12, 1948 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for five seasons with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League.[2] He started for the Broncos in Super Bowl XII and played in 62 consecutive games for the Broncos during his five-season tenure with the team.[3] He is considered one of the most successful players that surged from the World Football League. Before his WFL career he played on sandlots for the semi-pro Pottstown Firebirds of the Atlantic Coast Football League and Schuylkill County Coal Crackers of the Seaboard Football League.