David Edgar "King" Bernard (born September 26, 1912, died July 17, 1973) was an American football player who played two seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Rams.
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| Born: | September 26, 1912 Jefferson, South Dakota, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Died: | July 17, 1973 (aged 60) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Sioux City (IA) Central | ||||||||||
| College: | Mississippi | ||||||||||
| Position: | QB / FB / LB | ||||||||||
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Early life
editBernard was born in Jefferson, South Dakota and attended Central High School in Sioux City, Iowa.[1]
He matriculated at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).[1]
Football career
editBernard played two seasons for the Cleveland Rams in 1944 and 1945.[1] Previously, in 1942 he had briefly been on the roster of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but never saw action.[2][3] Bernard also played in 1942 with the minor-league Wilmington Clippers of the American Association.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Dave Bernard bio". databaseFootball. Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ Sell, Jack (10 September 1942). "Steelers Release Six Players And Add Two Others to Roster". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ Muldoon, Cecil G. (September 23, 1942). "Injury Robs Steelers of Sanders". Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ Brainerd, Steven M. (1991). "Starting at the Bottom: Hundreds of Minor League Players Made it to the NFL" (PDF). The Coffin Corner. 13 (3). Professional Football Researchers Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010.
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