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Charlie Sumner Date of birth: October 19, 1930 Place of birth: Radford, VA Career information Position(s): Safety College: William and Mary NFL Draft: 1954 / Round: 22 / Pick 258 Organizations As player: 1955-1960
1961-1962Chicago Bears
Minnesota VikingsPlaying stats at DatabaseFootball.com Charles "Charlie" Sumner (born October 19, 1930) is a former American football player who was selected by the Chicago Bears in the twenty second round of the 1954 NFL Draft. A 6'1", 194 lbs. safety from the College of William & Mary, Sumner played in 8 NFL seasons from 1955-1962. He later was an assistant coach for the Oakland Raiders for many seasons and the head coach of the Oakland Invaders of the USFL in 1985. He was born in Radford, Virginia
Sumner led the Invaders to the USFL Championship game - a club that featured future NFL stars Anthony Carter, Bobby Hebert, Ray Bentley and Gary Plummer. The 1985 USFL Championship game was the last game the league would ever play. The Invaders lost to the Baltimore Stars, 28-24 at Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands.
Los Angeles Raiders Super Bowl XVIII Champions 6 Marc Wilson | 8 Ray Guy | 10 Chris Bahr | 11 David Humm | 16 Jim Plunkett | 20 Ted Watts | 21 Cliff Branch | 22 Mike Haynes | 23 Odis McKinney | 26 Vann McElroy | 27 Frank Hawkins | 28 Cleo Montgomery | 31 Derrick Jensen | 32 Marcus Allen (MVP) | 33 Kenny King | 34 Greg Pruitt | 36 Mike Davis | 37 Lester Hayes | 38 Chester Willis | 45 James Davis | 46 Todd Christensen | 48 Kenny Hill | 50 Dave Dalby | 51 Bob Nelson | 53 Rod Martin | 54 Darryl Byrd | 55 Matt Millen | 56 Jeff Barnes | 57 Tony Caldwell | 58 Jack Squirek | 61 Dave Stalls | 62 Reggie Kinlaw | 65 Mickey Marvin | 66 Steve Sylvester | 68 Johnny Robinson | 70 Henry Lawrence | 71 Bill Pickel | 72 Don Mosebar | 73 Charley Hannah | 74 Shelby Jordan | 75 Howie Long | 77 Lyle Alzado | 79 Bruce Davis | 80 Malcolm Barnwell | 82 Calvin Muhammad | 83 Ted Hendricks | 85 Dokie Williams | 87 Don Hasselbeck | 93 Greg Townsend
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Coaches: Sam Boghosian | Willie Brown | Chet Franklin | Larry Kennan | Earl Leggett | Bob Mischak | Steve Ortmayer | Terry Robiskie | Art Shell | Charlie Sumner | Tom Walsh | Ray WillseyThis biographical article relating to an American football defensive back born in the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.