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Dale Hackbart Date of birth: July 21, 1938 Place of birth: Madison, Wisconsin Career information Position(s): Defensive back College: Wisconsin NFL Draft: 1960 / Round: 5 / Pick: 51 Organizations As player: 1960
1961-1963
1964-1965
1966-1970
1971-1972
1973Green Bay Packers
Washington Redskins
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)
Minnesota Vikings
St. Louis Cardinals
Denver BroncosPlaying stats at NFL.com Dale Leonard Hackbart (born July 21, 1938 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a former American football defensive back who played twelve seasons in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Cardinals, and Denver Broncos from 1960 to 1973. He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1964 and 1965.
Hackbert initially focused on baseball. He spent a season playing baseball for the Grand Forks Chiefs; a Class C minor league team in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Vince Lombardi convinced Hackbart to drop baseball and concentrate on a career in the National Football League.[citation needed]
In 1973, Hackbart was involved in an on-field transgression that he eventually took to court. He asserted that the late hit by Cincinnati Bengals running back Boobie Clark was an intentional tort. The case was eventually tried in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1979 and has become a key point of discussion in several first year law school tort classes. Hackbart v. Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., 601 F.2d 516 (10th Cir. 1979).[1]
References
Green Bay Packers 1961 NFL Champions 3 Ben Agajanian | 5 Paul Hornung | 10 John Roach | 15 Bart Starr | 22 Elijah Pitts | 24 Willie Wood | 25 Tom Moore | 26 Herb Adderley | 27 Johnny Symank | 31 Jim Taylor | 33 Lew Carpenter | 40 Dale Hackbart | 45 Emlen Tunnell | 46 Hank Gremminger | 47 Jesse Whittenton | 51 Jim Ringo | 53 Ken Iman | 58 Dan Currie | 61 Nelson Toburen | 63 Fred Thurston | 64 Jerry Kramer | 65 Tom Bettis | 66 Ray Nitschke | 71 Bill Forester | 72 Ben Davidson | 75 Forrest Gregg | 74 Henry Jordan | 76 Bob Skoronski | 77 Ron Kostelnik | 78 Norm Masters | 79 Dave Hanner | 81 Lee Folkins | 83 Bill Quinlan | 84 Gary Knafelc | 85 Max McGee | 86 Boyd Dowler | 87 Willie Davis | 88 Ron Kramer |
Head Coach: Vince Lombardi
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