Don Herrmann

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Don Herrmann
No. 85, 87
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1947-06-05) June 5, 1947 (age 76)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Chatham
College: Waynesburg
NFL draft: 1969  / Round: 15 / Pick: 379
Career history
Player stats at PFR

Donald Bruce Herrmann (born June 5, 1947) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the New York Giants and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Waynesburg College and was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1969 NFL Draft.

Herrman grew up in Chatham Township, New Jersey and played football at Chatham High School, where he played as a running back on the school's football team focused primarily on its running game, with Hermann never catching more than eight passes in a season in his high school career. [1]

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References

  1. Barmakian, Ed. "Don Herrmann is the Only Chatham High Graduate to Play Football in the NFL", TAP into Chatham, August 28, 2017. Accessed July 23, 2018. "Don Herrmann, the kid who grew up on Ramapo Trail in Chatham Township, is the first graduate of Chatham High to make a career in the National Football League."