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Paul Feldhausen

Paul Feldhausen

American football player (born 1946)


Paul Elvie Feldhausen (born June 14, 1946, in Madison, Wisconsin.[1]) is a former player in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots in 1968 as a tackle.

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Career

Feldhausen was a nine letterwinner and MVP of both the football and basketball teams at Iron Mountain High School in 1963-64. Feldhausen then attended Northland College in Wisconsin where he was two-time football captain and Little All-America lineman in 1966-67, eventually being inducted to the Northland Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.[2] He also became the first recipient of the Voltaire Perkins award as Most Valuable Player for the Northland College football team.[3]

Paul Feldhausen was drafted in the 11th round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft to the Boston Patriots. He played as a tackle for the team for three seasons, but only played in two games, both in the 1968 season.[1] After three years with the Patriots, he suffered a back injury in a blocking dummy accident and subsequently had to retire from the league.[3]

After retiring, he spent 40 years as a football and baseball official for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, and was the 1993 National Federation of State High School Associations Umpire of the Year.[2]

See also


References

  1. "Paul Feldhausen Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  2. "Inductee Class of 2015". upshf.com. Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  3. "Hall of Fame". northlandcollegesports.com. Northland College Athletics. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

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