 Younger on a 1952 Bowman football card | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Fullback, Halfback, Linebacker | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born: | June 25, 1928 Grambling, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died: | September 15, 2001 (aged 73) Inglewood, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school: | Grambling State U. Lab. (LA) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Grambling State | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1949 | ||||||||||||
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Paul Lawrence "Tank" Younger (June 25, 1928 – September 15, 2001) was an American professional football player who was a fullback, halfback, and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) from 1949 through 1958. He played college football for Grambling State University, was the first NFL player from a predominantly black college, and was the first African American to become an NFL front-office administrator (scout and executive with the Rams until 1975).