Ed White (American football)

Ed White

No. 62, 67

Position:

Guard

Personal information

Date of birth:

April 4, 1947

Place of birth:

La Mesa, California

Height:

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight:

269 lb (122 kg)

Career information

College:

University of California, Berkeley

NFL draft:

1969 / Round: 2 / Pick: 39

Career history

Minnesota Vikings (1969–1977)
San Diego Chargers (1978–1985)

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics

Games Played:	241
Games Started:	210
Fumble recoveries:	4

Player stats at PFR

College Football Hall of Fame

Edward Alvin White (born April 4, 1947 in La Mesa, California) is a former American football player. After retiring from football, White has worked as a coach and artist.^[1]^[2]

Biography

He graduated from Indio High School in Indio, California. In college, White played for the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears (1966-68) as a lineman and was selected a consensus All-American player in 1968.

White began his professional football career with the Minnesota Vikings after being drafted in the second round of the 1969 AFL/NFL draft. He is one of 11 players to have played in all four Vikings Super Bowl appearances between 1969 and 1976. Before the 1978 season, he was traded to the San Diego Chargers, with whom he played until 1985 when he retired after seventeen years and 241 games. Mainly used at offensive guard, he was selected to the Pro Bowl four times. He played as an offensive lineman for the Chargers 1978-85.

After retiring from the NFL, White worked as a football coach.

Awards and honors

Following his retirement, he was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame, University of California Hall of Fame, Breitbard Hall of Fame, East-West Shrine Game Hall of Fame, and the San Diego Charger Hall of Fame. Indio High School named their football field Ed White Stadium in honor of White. As a testament to his impact on every team he played on, in 2015 Ed White was selected to the Pac-12 All Century Football team, playing defensive tackle at Cal.

Charger quarterback Dan Fouts has been vocal about endorsing White for the Pro Football Hall of Fame: “When he retired, nobody had played in more games (241) as an offensive lineman than Ed White. They don’t have many statistics for offensive linemen other than Pro Bowls and Super Bowls, but Ed would be a leader. He was one of the most feared offensive linemen in the game. You talk to guys like Howie Long and Matt Millen who had to go against Big Ed. They hated it.” Chargers center/guard Dennis McKnight has called White “probably the best all-around offensive lineman in the league in terms of run blocking and pass blocking.” Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Kyle Turley has called White the best coach he'd ever had.^[2]

References

↑ http://edwhiteart.com/
1 2 Fox Sports article: "One on one with Kyle Turley." Retrieved 07 May 2008.

External links

1968 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Terry Hanratty B Chris Gilbert B Leroy Keyes B O. J. Simpson E Jerry LeVias E Ted Kwalick T Dave Foley T George Kunz G Charles Rosenfelder G Jim Barnes G Mike Montler C John Didion

Defense	DL Joe Greene DL Ted Hendricks DL Chuck Kyle DL Bill Stanfill DL Ed White DL John Zook LB Steve Kiner LB Dennis Onkotz LB Mike Ballou DB Jake Scott DB Roger Wehrli DB Al Worley

Minnesota Vikings 1969 NFL draft selections

Ed White Volly Murphy Mike McCaffrey Jim Barnes Mike O'Shea Cornelius Davis Marion Bates Harris Wood Tom Fink Tom McCauley Brian Dowling Noel Jenke Jim Moylan Tommy Head Eugene Mosley Wendell Housley

San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team

Offense	QB Fouts Hadl Humphries Rivers RB Lincoln P. Lowe Means Muncie Tomlinson WR Alworth Chandler Garrison Jefferson Joiner TE Gates Winslow T Mix Washington Wright G Dielman Sweeney White Wilkerson C Hardwick Macek

Defense	DE Dean Faison O’Neal DT Johnson Kelcher Ladd Williams LB Allen W. Lowe Merriman Seau Smith DB Buchanon Byrd Harrison Jammer McNeil

Special teams	K Benirschke Carney KR Duncan Sproles P Bennett Scifres ST Bauer Osgood

Coaches	Coryell Gillman Ross

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