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Position: | Defensive back | ||||||||||||
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Born: | La Grange, Texas, U.S. | August 31, 1935||||||||||||
Died: | January 23, 2002 Dauphin Island, Alabama, U.S. | (aged 66)||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Caldwell (TX) | ||||||||||||
College: | Florida | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1957 / round: 23 / pick: 268 | ||||||||||||
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John Richard Symank (August 31, 1935 – January 23, 2002) was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1950s and 1960s. Symank played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Green Bay Packers and St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL. He was later the head coach for Northern Arizona University and the University of Texas at Arlington football teams.