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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born: | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | November 6, 1954||||||
Died: | October 7, 2022 | (aged 67)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 222 lb (101 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Woodlawn (Shreveport, LA) Shreveport (LA) Capt. Shreve | ||||||
College: | Grambling State | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1976 / round: 6 / pick: 168 | ||||||
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Robert Pennywell (November 6, 1954 – October 7, 2022) was an American football player who played linebacker for four seasons for the National Football League (NFL)'s Atlanta Falcons,[1] and two seasons for the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League (USFL).[2]
His cousin Carlos Pennywell also played for the NFL.
Pennywell died on October 7, 2022, at the age of 67.[3]