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Position: | Tackle | ||||
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Born: | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | September 3, 1902||||
Died: | December 27, 1968 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 66)||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||
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College: | Washington | ||||
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Walden D. Erickson (September 3, 1902 – December 27, 1968) was a professional football player who played in the early National Football League (NFL) as well as in Red Grange's American Football League (AFL). He played only two seasons of professional football.
Erickson attended the University of Washington, where in 1925 he was named an All-American.[1] After college, he made his professional debut in the AFL with the Los Angeles Wildcats. When the AFL folded at the end of the season, Erickson took his act to the NFL, playing for the Pottsville Maroons.