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![]() Collett in 1977 | |||||||
No. 66 | |||||||
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Position | Guard | ||||||
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Born | Oakland, California, U.S. | November 7, 1944||||||
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College | San Francisco State | ||||||
NFL draft | 1966: 14th round, 208th overall pick | ||||||
AFL draft | 1966: Red Shirt 10th round, 87th overall pick | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
1967–1972 | San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
1973–1977 | Baltimore Colts | ||||||
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Charles Elmer Collett ( /ˈkɔːlɛt/ KAWL-eht; [1] born 1944) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Colts.
After his playing career, he became a firefighter. He is owner of a gold mining claim in the Sierra foothills on the Middle Fork of the Yuba River. He resides in Stinson Beach, California. Elmer and wife, Lisa Blackburn of Sunnyvale CA, were married in 1980. They have two sons.
He played as a guard in football and as a fire fighter in Kentfield, California. He is retired.