Frank Mitchell Winters (born January 23, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for the Western Illinois Leathernecks.
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| Position: | Center Guard | ||||||||
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| Born: | January 23, 1964 Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 305 lb (138 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Emerson (Union City, New Jersey) | ||||||||
| College: | Western Illinois | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1987 / round: 10 / pick: 276 | ||||||||
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Early life
editFrank Mitchell Winters was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He lived in Union City, and played football at Emerson High School.[1]
Career
edit| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
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| 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
273 lb (124 kg) |
32+1⁄4 in (0.82 m) |
9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) |
5.10 s | 1.79 s | 2.98 s | 4.79 s | 25.5 in (0.65 m) |
8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) |
20 reps |
Winters played American football at Western Illinois University and was selected in the tenth round of the 1987 NFL draft.[2]
Winters was the Packers' starting center serving for eight straight seasons (1993–2000). He played in the Pro Bowl and also earned USA Today All-Pro honors in 1999. His nickname was "Frankie Baggadonuts" or "Old Bag of Donuts".[citation needed]
On July 18, 2008, Winters was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Frank Winters - Class of 2012" Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today, Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame. Accessed February 6, 2012. "A native of Hoboken, Winters is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns (1987-88), New York Giants (1989), Kansas City Chiefs (1990-91), and the Green Bay Packers (1992-2002)."
- ^ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ^ Christl, Cliff. "Frank Winters". Packers.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
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