Freddie Summers | |
Number: | 20 |
Position: | Defensive back |
Birth Date: | 16 February 1947 |
Birth Place: | Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Randolph, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lbs: | 180 |
High School: | Dorchester (MA) |
College: | Wake Forest |
Draftyear: | 1969 |
Draftround: | 4 |
Draftpick: | 98 |
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Pfr: | S/SummFr20 |
Freddie S. Summers (born February 16, 1947) was a former American football defensive back who played three seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. He first enrolled at McCook Community College before transferring to Wake Forest University, where he played quarterback.[1] Summers attended Dorchester High School in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts.[2] On June 15, 1972, he was traded to the New York Giants in exchange for the Giants second pick in the 1973 NFL draft.[3] He was placed on injured waivers on August 30, 1972.[4] [5]