Ernie Case
| Date of birth | November 23, 1920 |
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| Place of birth | Post, TX, United States |
| Date of death | December 13, 1995 (aged 75) |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| College | UCLA |
| NFL draft |
1947 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 (By the Green Bay Packers) |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1947 | Baltimore Colts |
| Career stats | |
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Ernie Case is a former back in the All-America Football Conference who played 14 games for the Baltimore Colts. In 1947, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League used the 6th pick in the 1st round of the 1947 NFL Draft to select Case out of the University of California, Los Angeles.[1] But Case was signed with the Baltimore Colts but only played for one season and then retired.[2] Case served as a pilot in World War II, surviving a mid-air collision over Sardinia and later escaping his captors.[3]
On November 4, 2011, Case was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
| Preceded by First quarterback |
Baltimore Colts [AAFC] Starting Quarterbacks 1947 |
Succeeded by Y.A. Tittle |
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