Ed Vereb

No. 20

Position:

Halfback

Personal information

Date of birth:

May 21, 1934

Place of birth:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date of death:

December 18, 2014 (aged 80)

Place of death:

Bowie, Maryland

Career information

High school:

Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, PA)

College:

Maryland

NFL draft:

1956 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12

Career history

Career highlights and awards

CFL West All Star (1956)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	9
Rushing yards:	38
Average:	2.0
Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Edward John Vereb (May 21, 1934 – December 18, 2014) was an American football halfback in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the BC Lions and the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Maryland and was drafted in the first round of the 1956 NFL Draft. He played 4 seasons with the B.C. Lions, being named an all-star in 1956.

In 1961, the BC Lions hired Vereb as its backfield coach.^[1] He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease in 2014.^[2]

References

↑ Skrien Head Mentor, The Calgary Herald, September 12, 1961.
↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=173542845

External links

Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • Pro-Football-Reference

1953 Maryland Terrapins football—consensus national champions

Dick Bielski Bernie Faloney Ralph Felton Chet Hanulak Stan Jones Bob Morgan Dick Nolan Bob Pellegrini Ed Vereb Ron Waller Bill Walker Head coach: Jim Tatum Assistant coaches: Warren Giese Jack Hennemier Tommy Mont Eddie Teague Bob Ward

1956 NFL draft first-round selections

Gary Glick Earl Morrall Howard Cassady Bob Pellegrini Art Davis Joe Marconi Joe Childress Jack Losch Lenny Moore Menan Schriewer Charlie Horton Ed Vereb Preston Carpenter

Washington Redskins 1956 NFL Draft selections

Ed Vereb John Paluck Fred Wyant Fran Machinsky Gary Lowe Donnie Caraway Dick James Whitey Rouviere Tom Powell Jerry Planutis Gil Moreno Jerry Ward Pat Uebel Wells Gray Eagle Day Jim Pyburn Ray Lemek Vince Gonzalez Howard Schnellenberger George Nicula Don St. John Johnny Tatum Franklin Brooks Dave Burnham Royce Flippin Billy Hicks Pat Bisceglia Buck Mystorm

Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Boston / Washington Redskins first-round draft picks

R. Smith Baugh Farkas Hale Boell Evashevski Sanders Jenkins Micka Hardy Rossi Gilmer Tew Goode G. Thomas Heath Isbell Scarbath Meilinger Guglielmi Vereb Bosseler Allard Lucas Snead Rutgens E. Davis Richter C. Taylor Gogolak R. McDonald J. Smith Monk May D. Green B. Wilson D. Howard T. Carter Shuler Westbrook A. Johnson Lang Bailey Arrington Samuels Gardner Ramsey S. Taylor C. Rogers Campbell Landry Orakpo Williams Kerrigan Griffin III Scherff

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