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Personal information | |
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Born: | New York City, New York, U.S. | March 22, 1907
Died: | February 5, 2001 Carrollton, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 93)
Height: | 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) |
Weight: | 119 lb (54 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | New York University |
Position: | Back |
Career history | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Jack Emanuel "Soupy" Shapiro (March 22, 1907 – February 5, 2001) was an American gridiron football player who played in one game with the Staten Island Stapletons of the National Football League (NFL) in 1929. Shapiro is most famous for being the shortest player in NFL history at about 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m).