Glenn Cameron

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Glenn Cameron
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Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1953-02-21) February 21, 1953 (age 71)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school: Coral Gables Senior
(Coral Gables, Florida)
College: Florida
NFL draft: 1975  / Round: 1 / Pick: 14
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:159
Games started:84
Interceptions:5
Player stats at PFR

Glenn Scott Cameron (born February 21, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. Cameron played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL.

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Early life

Cameron was born in Miami, Florida in 1953. [1] He attended Coral Gables Senior High School in Coral Gables, Florida, [2] and he was a star high school football player for the Coral Gables Cavaliers.

College career

Cameron accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played linebacker for coach Doug Dickey's Florida Gators football team from 1971 to 1974. [3] Cameron was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and an Associated Press third-team All-American in 1974. [3]

Cameron graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in management in 1976, and returned to earn a J.D. degree in 1987. He was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1984. [4] [5] The sportswriters of The Gainesville Sun ranked him as one of the 100 greatest Gators (No. 43) of the first century of Florida football in 2006. [6]

Professional career

Cameron was chosen by the Cincinnati Bengals in the first round (14th pick overall) of the 1975 NFL draft, [7] and he spent his entire eleven-year NFL career with the Bengals, playing from 1975 to 1985. [8] He was a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Bengals team that played in Super Bowl XVI in 1982. During his eleven-season career with the Bengals, he played in 159 games, started in eighty-four of them, intercepted five passes, and recovered three fumbles. [1]

Life after the NFL

Cameron is now a practicing, board certified trial lawyer and partner in the law firm of Cameron & Marroney PLLC, in West Palm Beach, Florida. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Glenn Cameron Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  2. ↑ databaseFootball.com, Players, Glenn Cameron Archived February 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved June 1, 2010.
  3. 1 2 2012 Florida Football Media Guide Archived May 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 76, 87, 95, 97, 98, 102, 104, 121, 1443, 158, 176 (2012). Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats Archived January 29, 2019, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  5. ↑ Jack Hairston, "Gators' Hall to induct 11 Archived November 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine ," The Gainesville Sun, p. 1C (April 1, 1984). Retrieved July 23, 2011.
  6. ↑ Robbie Andreu & Pat Dooley, "No. 43 Glenn Cameron Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine ," The Gainesville Sun (July 22, 2006). Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, 1975 National Football League Draft Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved June 1, 2010.
  8. ↑ National Football League, Historical Players, Glenn Cameron. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
  9. ↑ Cameron & Marroney PLLC Archived January 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine .

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