Angelo King
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| Position: | Linebacker |
Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | February 10, 1958 |
| Place of birth: | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 224 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Columbia (SC) |
| College: | South Carolina |
| Undrafted: | 1981 |
Career history | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
| Games: | 84 |
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Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
Angelo King is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for seven seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions.
Early years
King attended Columbia High School before moving on to South Carolina State University, where he was a part of the 1977 team that was awarded the National Black Championship by the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper.
He was named All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in 1979 and 1980. He also received honorable-mention Little All-American honors in 1980.[1]
In 2007, he was named to the South Carolina State Centennial Football Team. In 2012, he was inducted into the South Carolina State Athletic Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Dallas Cowboys
King was signed by the Dallas Cowboys in 1981 as an undrafted free agent. Although he was waived on August 3,[2] he was later re-signed during the season.
He was mainly a special teams player for three seasons, before being traded to the Detroit Lions in exchange for a sixth round draft choice in the 1986 NFL draft.[3]
Detroit Lions
King was a part-time starter and special teams player for the Detroit Lions. In 1985, the team changed to a 3-4 defense and although he was assigned the role of nickel linebacker, he eventually started 9 games.
He was cut on September 6, 1987.[4] After the players went on a strike on the third week of the season, those games were canceled (reducing the 16 game season to 15) and the NFL decided that the games would be played with replacement players. King was re-signed to be a part of the Lions replacement team, but was injured in the first game and placed on the injured reserve list,[5] before being released on October 27.[6]
Personal life
King works in the security business and is an ordained minister.
References
- ↑ http://thetandd.com/sports/bulldogzone/dish/s-c-state-to-induct-nine-members-two-teams-into/article_8793c430-f8af-11e1-a79a-0019bb2963f4.html
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1979&dat=19810804&id=WxwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yKoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5058,4663442
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19840828&id=VldOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5939,2613405
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19870908&id=4bQeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vc4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1813,2915140
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19871005&id=qwshAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fXIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3148,1205051
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19871028&id=e8NRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0lUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5631,4249876