Pat Trammell

Pat Trammell
No. 12
circa 1961
Born:(1940-07-11)July 11, 1940
Scottsboro, Alabama, U.S.
Died:December 10, 1968(1968-12-10) (aged 28)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)Quarterback
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight200 lb (91 kg)
CollegeUniversity of Alabama
High schoolScottsboro (AL)
Career highlights and awards

Patrick Lee Trammell (July 11, 1940 – December 10, 1968) was an American college football player. He played quarterback at the University of Alabama from 1958 to 1961. In his senior season, he led the 1961 Alabama Crimson Tide football team to a perfect record of 11–0 and the national championship, and finished fifth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy. A third-generation physician, he died of metastatic testicular cancer at age 28, shortly after earning his medical degree.[1]

  1. ^ Land, Charles (December 10, 1968). "Dr. Pat Trammell dies". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.