Herb Siegert

NFLretired


position=Guard Linebacker
number=63
birthdate=Birth date and age|1924|1|10|mf=y Pana, Illinois
deathdate=
debutyear=1949
finalyear=1951
draftyear=1949
draftround=18
draftpick=178
college=Illinois Illinois Wesleyan
teams=
*Washington Redskins (1949-1951)
stat1label=Games played
stat1value=36
stat2label=Interceptions
stat2value=2
stat3label=Fumble recoveries
stat3value=4
nfl=SIE177981
highlights=
* College All-American

Herbert Frank Siegert (born January 10, 1924 in Pana, Illinois) is a former American football guard and linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins.

College career

Siegert originally attended Illinois Wesleyan University, and then served in World War II as a marine in the Pacific. [cite web | work=Rockford Register Star | url=http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x1059343766 | title=1947 Rose Bowl shaped Illini players' lives | accessdate=2008-08-24] After the war, he played college football at the University of Illinois and won the Big Ten Conference in 1946, as well as the 1947 Rose Bowl against the University of California, Los Angeles.cite web | work=Gatehouse News Service | url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/ghs-newsservice/archive/x531352878 | title=Siegert made a deal -- If he made it home from the war, he'd go back to college | accessdate=2008-08-24] Siegert captained the 1948 team, and won All-American honors.

Deceased late september 2008

Professional career

Siegert was drafted in the eighteenth round of the 1949 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, where he played from 1949 to 1951.

Personal

After football, Siegert worked as an insurance agent. He and his wife Joan had five daughters.

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References

External links

*pro-football-reference|id=SiegHe20|name=Herb Siegert