Bobby Crespino | |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1938 |
Birth Place: | Duncan, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Number: | 42, 89 |
Position1: | Tight end |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lbs: | 225 |
College: | Mississippi |
Afldraftedyear: | 1961 |
Afldraftedround: | 6 |
Afldraftedpick: | 45 |
Afldraftedteam: | Oakland Raiders |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1961 |
Nfldraftedround: | 1 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 10 |
Nfldraftedteam: | Cleveland Browns |
Playing Years1: | 1961–1963 |
Playing Team1: | Cleveland Browns |
Playing Years2: | 1964–1968 |
Playing Team2: | New York Giants |
Career Highlights: | |
Nfl: | CRE622935 |
Databasefootball: | CRESPBOB01 |
Databasefootball-Archive: | https://web.archive.org/web/20151024213438/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CRESPBOB01 |
Robert C. Crespino (January 11, 1938 – July 29, 2013) was an American football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants. Born in Duncan, Mississippi, he played college football at the University of Mississippi and was drafted in the first round (tenth overall) of the 1961 NFL draft. Crespino was also selected in the sixth round of the 1961 AFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. He was the father of political historian, Joseph Crespino. Crespino died on July 29, 2013, in Atlanta, Georgia following a long undisclosed illness.[1]