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Position: | Halfback Split end | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | March 2, 1934||||||||||||||
Died: | September 20, 2019 Tampa, Florida, U.S. | (aged 85)||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 183 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Central (Columbus, Ohio) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Ohio State (1952–1955) | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1956 / round: 1 / pick: 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Howard Albert "Hopalong" Cassady (March 2, 1934 – September 20, 2019) was an American professional football halfback and split end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1955. Cassady played in the NFL for eight seasons, seven of them for the Detroit Lions, with whom he won the 1957 NFL Championship Game. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.