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| Position: | End, wide receiver, halfback | ||||||||
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| Born: | November 23, 1933 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | December 29, 2007 (aged 74) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Birmingham (AL) Ensley | ||||||||
| College: | Auburn | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1955 / round: 1 / pick: 12 | ||||||||
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David Hinton Middleton (November 23, 1933 – December 29, 2007) was an American football end, wide receiver, and halfback.
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Middleton played college football as a halfback for the Auburn Tigers in 1953 and 1954. He was also the 1955 Southeastern Conference champion in the 100-yard dash.
He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 1955 NFL draft and played for the Lions in the National Football League (NFL) from 1955 to 1960. As a rookie, he ranked third in the NFL with 44 receptions, and he was the Lions' leading receiver in 1955, 1956, and 1958. He won an NFL championship with the Lions in 1957 and caught a touchdown pass in the 1957 NFL Championship Game. He concluded his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings in their inaugural season of 1961. In seven NFL seasons, he totaled 183 receptions, 2,966 receiving yards, and 19 touchdowns.[1]
Middleton attended medical school while playing for the Lions and had a career as an obstetrician-gynecologist after his football career ended.