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| Position: | Guard, center | ||||
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| Born: | February 28, 1947 Walnut Hill, Florida, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school: | Ernest Ward (Walnut Hill) | ||||
| College: | Florida | ||||
| NFL draft: | 1969 / Round: 5 / Pick: 109 | ||||
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Guy Durell Dennis (born February 28, 1947) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. Dennis played college football for the Florida Gators, earning First-team All-American honors in 1968. Thereafter, he played in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Detroit Lions.
Dennis was born in Walnut Hill, Florida in 1947, [1] and he attended Ernest Ward High School in Walnut Hill. [2]
Dennis received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played guard for coach Ray Graves' Florida Gators football team from 1966 to 1968. [3] He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1967 and 1968, a first-team All-American in 1968, and a team captain in 1968. [3] He was also the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, recognizing the "senior football player who displays outstanding leadership, character and courage." [3]
While he was an undergraduate, Dennis was initiated as a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity (Alpha Eta chapter). He graduated from Florida with bachelor's degree in 1970, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great." [4]
The Cincinnati Bengals selected Dennis in the fifth round (109th pick overall) of the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. [5] He played professional football as a center, offensive guard and offensive tackle for four seasons for the Bengals (1969–1972) and three seasons for the Detroit Lions (1973–1975), [6] In his seven-year NFL career, Dennis played in 89 games with 13 starts. [1] He was also traded to San Diego Chargers and played preseason before retiring.
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