Duke Iversen Explained

Duke Iversen
Number:15
Position:Back
Birth Date:26 February 1920
Birth Place:Petaluma, California, U.S.
Death Place:Petaluma, California, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lbs:208
High School:Petaluma (CA)
College:Oregon
Draftyear:1947
Draftround:7
Draftpick:54
Pastteams:
Pfr:I/IverDu20

Christopher Arnold "Duke" Iversen (February 26, 1920 – May 20, 2011) was an American football player who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC) with the New York Giants, New York Yankees and New York Yanks. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the seventh round of the 1947 NFL draft. He played college football at the University of Oregon and attended Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California.[1] His family's name was spelled "Iverson" but a doctor misspelled it as "Iversen" on Duke's birth certificate.[2]

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  1. Web site: DUKE IVERSEN . profootballarchives.com . September 21, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140924040836/http://www.profootballarchives.com/iver00200.html . September 24, 2014 .
  2. Web site: Duke Iversen relished his five-year pro football career . petaluma360.com . September 21, 2014 . Osborne, Harlan . September 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042127/http://www.petaluma360.com/csp/mediapool/sites/PressDemocrat/News/story.csp?cid=2248267&sid=555&fid=181 . dead .