Jack Spikes, 1960
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Running back, TCU, to 1959

Jack Spikes

Born
Feb 5, 1937, in Big Spring, Texas

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Jack Spikes played running back at TCU (to 1959). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Spikes in the first round, No. 6 overall in the 1960 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1959
First-team All-Southwest Conference
Drafted
No. 6
Overall, 1960 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Honors

Team titles: SWC champions, 1958 and 1959

All-America: FWAA 1959; AP second team 1959; NEA second team 1959; UPI third team 1959; Central Press second team 1959

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1960–⁠64AFLDallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs
1965AFLHouston Oilers
1966–⁠67AFLBuffalo Bills

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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