Frank Winters

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Frank Winters
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Winters in 2015
No. 64, 69, 65, 52
Position: Center
Guard
Personal information
Born: (1964-01-23) January 23, 1964 (age 61)
Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:305 lb (138 kg)
Career information
High school: Emerson (Union City, New Jersey)
College: Western Illinois
NFL draft: 1987: 10th round, 276th pick
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:231
Games started:147
Fumble recoveries:5
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Frank Mitchell Winters (born January 23, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for the Western Illinois Leathernecks.

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Early life

Frank Mitchell Winters was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He lived in Union City, and played football at Emerson High School. [1]

Career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 3 in
(1.91 m)		273 lb
(124 kg)		32+1⁄4 in
(0.82 m)		9+1⁄4 in
(0.23 m)		5.10 s1.79 s2.98 s4.79 s25.5 in
(0.65 m)		8 ft 4 in
(2.54 m)		20 reps

Winters played American football at Western Illinois University and was selected in the tenth round of the 1987 NFL draft. [2]

Winters was the Packers' starting center serving for eight straight seasons (1993–2000). He played in the Pro Bowl and also earned USA Today All-Pro honors in 1999. His nickname was "Frankie Baggadonuts" or "Old Bag of Donuts".[ citation needed ]

On July 18, 2008, Winters was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Frank Winters - Class of 2012" Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today , Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame. Accessed February 6, 2012. "A native of Hoboken, Winters is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns (1987-88), New York Giants (1989), Kansas City Chiefs (1990-91), and the Green Bay Packers (1992-2002)."
  2. ↑ "1987 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ Christl, Cliff. "Frank Winters". Packers.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.


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