Denayne Dixon
Denayne Davidson-Dixon is a former football player in the Arena Football League.
Football career
High school career
He played high school football at Shaw High School (Ohio).[1]
College career
He played college football at Edinboro University.[2] He played in the 2009 Cactus Bowl (Division II).[3]
Minor league football
Davidson-Dixon was an all-star with the Erie Storm of the American Indoor Football Association.[4]
Arena Football League
Davidson-Dixon played fullback and linebacker. He spent the 2011 season with the Iowa Barnstormers. He spent the 2012 season with the Cleveland Gladiators.[5]
Police career
Davidson-Dixon was a former police officer in East Cleveland, Ohio. An incident occurred where he was charged with beating a suspect. Within days Dixon was fired.[6][7] While he did not initially face charges, he was ultimatley charged, found guilty, and was sent to prison.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "Gladiators Take Down Command, 49-39 in Home Opener". OurSports Central. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
- ↑ <<<=theobj.bylinetime>>>. "IUP pounds Edinboro, 27-7 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Post-gazette.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
- ↑ Matthew Clark. "East beats West in bowl - News - Morning Sun - Pittsburg, KS". Morning Sun. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
- ↑ http://theiowabarnstormers.com/news/index.html?article_id=70&content_type=printable&plugin_id=news.front.system&block_id=5001
- ↑ "Gladiators win home opener with defense". News-herald.com. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
- ↑ TEGNA (2016-07-28). "E. Cleveland cops fired, facing charges for alleged assault". WKYC.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
- ↑ Cuevas, Mayra (2016-07-29). "East Cleveland, Ohio, mayor: 2 officers fired, could face charges". CNN.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
- ↑ Carlson, Dani. "2 East Cleveland officers fired for alleged 'excessive force' - Cleveland 19 News Cleveland, OH". Cleveland19.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
- ↑ "Ex-East Cleveland officer, arena football player gets prison". cleveland.com. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2017-06-01.