Position: | Tackle |
Number: | 23 |
Birth Date: | November 6, 1914 |
Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lbs: | 215 |
Draftyear: | 1937 |
Draftround: | 2 |
Draftpick: | 19 |
High School: | Mount Lebanon |
College: | University of Pittsburgh |
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Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 9 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 3 |
Collegehof: | 1567 |
Averell Edward "Li'l Abner" Daniell (November 6, 1914 – January 28, 1999) was an American football tackle. He played high school football for Mt. Lebanon High School and college football for the University of Pittsburgh as a walk-on.[1] He played professionally for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the second round of the 1937 NFL draft.[2] After leaving football, he founded the Ionics Corp., which was later sold to GE. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975.[3]