Frank Culver (NFL)

Frank Culver
Date of birth April 24, 1897(1897-04-24)
Place of birth Toledo, Ohio, United States
Date of death Unknown
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 175 pounds (79 kg)
Position(s) End, Center
College Syracuse
Statistics
Teams
1923
1924
1924
1925
Buffalo All-Americans
Rochester Jeffersons
Buffalo Bisons
Canton Bulldogs

Franklin Zham Culver was a professional football player who played 3 seasons in the National Football League, with the Buffalo All-Americans, Rochester Jeffersons, Buffalo Bisons and the Canton Bulldogs. He played from the 1923 season through the 1925 season. Culver's Bisons teammate, Jim Ailinger called Culver "a pretty damn good center" in an interview before his death on March 27, 2001.[1]

Prior to playing in the NFL, Culver played college football at Syracuse.[2] In 1922 he was named the team's captain.[3] Culver was a three-time letterman for the Orange. He earned letters in 1920, 1921 and 1922.[4]

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