Date of birth | July 18, 1939 |
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Place of birth | Keokuk, Iowa, U.S. |
Date of death | July 29, 2015 | (aged 76)
Place of death | Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Center |
US college | Yale |
High school | New Trier (Winnetka, Illinois) |
NFL draft | 1961 / round: 7 / pick: 89 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1961–1969 | Chicago Bears |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career stats | |
Games played | 121 |
Starts | 119 |
Fumble recoveries | 4 |
Michael Johnson Pyle (July 18, 1939 – July 29, 2015) was an American professional football player who was a center for nine seasons between 1961 and 1969 in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears. In 2019 he was selected as one of the 100 greatest Bears of All-Time.