 Talbert on the cover of the 1966 Longhorns media guide | |||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born: | July 1, 1944 Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||
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| High school: | Texas City (Texas City, Texas) | ||||||||
| College: | Texas | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1966 / round: 5 / pick: 66 | ||||||||
| AFL draft: | 1966 / round: Red Shirt 2 / pick: 17 (by the San Diego Chargers)[1] | ||||||||
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Diron Vester Talbert (born July 1, 1944) is an American former professional football player who played defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons, making the pro-bowl in 1975. He played four season with the Los Angeles Rams and 10 with the Washington Redskins, with whom we went to Super Bowl VII. He was later named one of the 70 greatest Redskin players of all time. As a freshman at the University of Texas he was part of the team that won the 1963 National Championship and he later made all-conference and pre-season All-American teams.
- ^ "1966 AFL Draft". Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2017.