Doug Dawson

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Doug Dawson
Career information
Date of birth:	(1961-12-27) December 27, 1961
Place of birth:	Houston, Texas
Position(s):	Guard
College:	Texas
NFL Draft:	1984 / Round: 2 / Pick 45
Organizations
As player:
1984-1986 1990-1993 1994	St. Louis Cardinals Houston Oilers Cleveland Browns
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Douglas Arlin Dawson (born December 27, 1961) is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons in the 1980s and 1990s. Dawson played college football for the University of Texas, and received All-American honors. Thereafter, he played professionally for the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Oilers, and Cleveland Browns of the NFL.

Dawson was born in Houston, Texas.

Dawson attended the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, where he was an offensive lineman for the Texas Longhorns football team from 1980 to 1983. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as a senior in 1983. He was also honored as a member of the university's Friar Society.

The St. Louis Cardinals selected Dawson in second round (forty-fifth pick overall) in the 1984 NFL Draft, and he played for the Cardinals from 1984 to 1986. He subsequently played four seasons for the Houston Oilers (1990–1993 and his final season for the Cleveland Browns (1994). He played in a total of 106 NFL games, and started seventy of them.

He currently works for Northwestern Mutual in Houston.

v t e 1983 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Steve Young RB Mike Rozier RB Bo Jackson RB Greg Allen RB Napoleon McCallum WR Irving Fryar TE Gordon Hudson OL Bill Fralic OL Terry Long OL Dean Steinkuhler OL Doug Dawson C Tony Slaton

Defense	DL Rick Bryan DL Reggie White DL William Perry DL William Fuller LB Ricky Hunley LB Wilber Marshall LB Ron Rivera LB Jeff Leiding DB Russell Carter DB Jerry Gray DB Terry Hoage DB Don Rogers

Special teams	PK Luis Zendejas P Jack Weil

Persondata
Name	Dawson, Doug
Alternative names	Dawson, Douglas Arlin; Dawson, Douglas A.
Short description	All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman
Date of birth	December 27, 1961
Place of birth	Houston, Texas, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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