Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas – No. 82 | |
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Position | Tight end |
Class | Graduate student |
Personal information | |
Born: | Kingsville, Texas | October 10, 1946
Height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
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High school | King (Kingsville, TX) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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College Football Hall of Fame (2003) |
Dwayne Nix (born October 10, 1946) is a former Marine Corps officer and collegiate Hall of Fame tight end football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.[1] He played in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship game.
Nix played for the Texas A&M Kingsville Javelinas and was named to the Associated Press Little All-America squads three times, in 1966, 1967 and 1968.[2][3]
After graduation, he served in the United States Marine Corps as a helicopter pilot, in the Vietnam War, initially flying Bell UH-1 Hueys. In 1974 he went to work for Bell Helicopter and later NAVAIR in Iran, before being evacuated in 1979.[1] That year he was named to the Kingsville Javelina Hall of Fame.[2]
In 1981 he returned to the Marine Corps.[4]
Nix remained with the Marine Corps as a reserve officer for 23 years, serving in the Gulf War during that time.[5] In 2003, Nix retired from the Marine Corps reserves as a colonel where he served as the Assistant Deputy Director, Operations Division in the Plans, Programs and Operations Department at Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C.[1]
In 2016, Nix was named to the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor.[6]