Ernie Lewis
Appearance
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Position: | Fullback Punter | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | Boonville, Missouri, U.S. | November 20, 1924||||||||||||||
Died: | May 28, 1995 Denver, Colorado, U.S. | (aged 70)||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 211 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Swink (Swink, Colorado) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Colorado | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1946 / round: 9 / pick: 77 | ||||||||||||||
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Ernest Clayton Lewis (November 20, 1924 – May 28, 1995) was an American professional football fullback and punter who played for four seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Chicago Rockets / Hornets from 1946 to 1949. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the ninth round (77th overall) of the 1946 NFL draft, but chose to play in the AAFC instead. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes.
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Categories:
- 1924 births
- 1995 deaths
- American football fullbacks
- American football punters
- Chicago Hornets players
- Chicago Rockets players
- Colorado Buffaloes football players
- El Toro Flying Marines football players
- People from Boonville, Missouri
- People from Otero County, Colorado
- Players of American football from Colorado
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football running back, 1920s birth stubs
- American football punter stubs