Mike Dukes

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Mike Dukes
Born (1936-03-16)March 16, 1936
Louisville, Kentucky
Died June 16, 2008(2008-06-16) (aged 72)
Beaumont, Texas
Position(s) LB
College Clemson University
NFL Draft 1959 / Round 14 / Pick 162
Career highlights
AFL All-Star 1960
Honors American Football League Champion, 1960
American Football League Champion, 1961
Statistics
Teams
1959
1960–1963
1964–1965
1965		 NFL San Francisco 49ers
AFL Houston Oilers
AFL Boston Patriots
AFL New York Jets

Michael Francis Dukes (March 16, 1936 – June 16, 2008) was an American collegiate and professional football player who was best known as a linebacker for the original Houston Oilers. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Dukes attended Southwest DeKalb High School in Decatur, Georgia and then played in college for Clemson University. He then played the 1959 season for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League.[1][2] Dukes left the NFL for the upstart American Football League where he played eleven seasons for the Oilers, Boston Patriots and New York Jets. He played for the first two championship teams of the American Football League, the 1960 and 1961 Oilers, and was selected to the UPI All-AFL Team in 1961.

Dukes died in an automobile accident on Interstate 10 in Beaumont, Texas on June 16, 2008 at age 72.[3]

His interment was at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches.

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References

  1. ↑ SFgate.com/Associated Press: "Former 49ers, AFL linebacker Mike Dukes killed in collision," June 18, 2008.
  2. ↑ Peveto, Kyle (2008-06-18). "Beaumonter who died in I-10 wreck was an AFL champ with Houston Oilers". The Beaumont Enterprise. 
  3. ↑ Former Oilers player killed in wreck

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