Alex Hawkins
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Alex Hawkins | |
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Date of birth: | July 2, 1937 |
Place of birth: | Welch, West Virginia, United States |
Career information | |
Position(s): | Running Back |
College: | South Carolina |
NFL Draft: | 1959 / Round: 2 (By the Green Bay Packers) |
Organizations | |
As player: | |
1959-1965 1966-1967 1967-1968 |
Baltimore Colts Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Colts |
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com |
Alex Hawkins was an American football player who played running back for the Baltimore Colts. He excelled as a special teams player. He was a co-captain with the Colts but was not as well know as other player on that team so he became knows as "Captain Who".
In the 1970s Hawkins worked as a color commentator for CBS NFL telecasts.
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Categories: 1937 births | Living people | People from McDowell County, West Virginia | American football running backs | Baltimore Colts players | Atlanta Falcons players | South Carolina Gamecocks football players | National Football League announcers | American sports announcers | Running back, pre-1940 birth stubs