Buddy Dial

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Gilbert "Buddy" Dial (b. 17 January 1937) is a former National Football League wide receiver.

He was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and attended high school in Magnolia, Texas.

[edit] College career

Buddy was an end at Rice University from 1956 to 1958 and was selected an All-American in 1958.

He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.

[edit] NFL career

Buddy played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1959 to 1963, and for the Dallas Cowboys from 1964 to 1966.

Buddy Dial finished his NFL career with 261 receptions for 5,436 yards(20.8 yards per rec. avg.),and 44 touchdowns,and 14 yards on 4 rushes(3.5 yards per rush avg.). He was selected to the Pro Bowl twice, in 1961 and 1963.

Injuries during his NFL career led to significant health problems brought on by the abuse of painkilling drugs, and Dial went through years of difficulties before treatment in the late 1980s.