David Overstreet

David Overstreet

Position(s) Running back Jersey #(s) 20
Born	September 20, 1958(1958-09-20)
Died	June 25, 1984(1984-06-25) (aged 25)
Career information
Year(s)	1981–1983
NFL Draft	1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13
College	Oklahoma
Professional teams
Montreal Alouettes (1981) Montreal Concordes (1982) Miami Dolphins (1983)
Career stats
Carries	85
Rushing Yards	392
Touchdowns	1
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com
Career highlights and awards

David Arthur Overstreet (September 20, 1958(1958-09-20) – June 25, 1984(1984-06-25)) was a running back in the Canadian Football League and National Football League.

A native of Big Sandy, Texas, Overstreet prepped at Big Sandy High School, where one of his teammates was Lovie Smith. Big Sandy won three consecutive Class B state championships 1973-75. After scoring 362 points in 1975—which is third all-time in Texas high school history behind Ken Hall of Sugar Land and Robert Strait of Cuero—Overstreet played his college football at the University of Oklahoma.

He was drafted in the 1981 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins in the first round, 13th pick overall. A contract dispute with the Dolphins led him to sign with the Montreal Alouettes, who, under the ownership of Nelson Skalbania, tried to buy a big money winning team.

His first season (1981) was successful, as he rushed for 952 yards and was the Alouettes rookie of the year. His second season, with the newly renamed and dreadful Montreal Concordes, was plagued by injury, and he only gained 190 yards rushing.

He returned to the Dolphins in 1983, and showed much promise, rushing for 392 yards in 14 games with a 4.6 yards per carry average.

Overstreet was killed in a car accident in June 1984. He was driving northbound in his 1980 Mercedes on Texas State Highway 155, when his car swerved off the road about 10 miles northeast of Tyler into gasoline pumps at a service station and exploded.^[1]

He was survived by his son David Overstreet Jr., who played safety at the University of Missouri from 2003 to 2006.

References

1. ^ "David Overstreet Killed in Car Crash", New York Times, June 25, 1984, http://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/25/obituaries/david-overstreet-killed-in-car-crash.html 

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