John Amberg | |
Number: | 12 |
Position: | Defensive back |
Birth Date: | 6 March 1929 |
Birth Place: | Johnson County, Kansas, US |
Death Place: | Torrance, California, US |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lbs: | 195 |
High School: | Shawnee (KS) Mission Northwest |
College: | Kansas |
Undraftedyear: | 1951 |
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John McCaslin Amberg (March 6, 1929 - May 4, 2004) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) during the 1951 and 1952 NFL seasons.[1] After the 1952 season, he served in the Korean War.[2] He played college football at Kansas, where he was a team captain. He became a president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the NFL Alumni in 1997, and became a member of the organization's national board of directors in 2003. He died on May 4, 2004, at age 75.[3]