Nick Mumley | |
Position: | Tackle |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1937 |
Birth Place: | Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 6 |
Weight Lbs: | 250 |
High School: | Wheeling (WV) |
College: | Purdue |
Draftyear: | 1959 |
Draftround: | 5 |
Draftpick: | 51 |
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Highlights: |
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Statlabel1: | Games |
Statvalue1: | 42 |
Statlabel2: | Touchdowns |
Statvalue2: | 1 |
Statlabel3: | Interceptions |
Statvalue3: | 1 |
Pfr: | M/MumlNi20 |
Nicholas Mumley, Jr. (January 26, 1937 – September 22, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a tackle for the New York Titans of the American Football League (AFL).
Mumley was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and attended Wheeling High School.[1]
He then enrolled at Purdue University where he played college football at the tackle position for the Purdue Boilermakers football team from 1956 to 1957 and 1959.[1] [2] [3] He was selected by the International News Service as a second-team player on its 1957 College Football All-America Team.[4]
Mumley was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round (51st overall pick) of the 1959 NFL draft.[1] He opted instead to play for the New York Titans (later renamed the Jets) in the new AFL. He appeared in 42 games, 36 as a starter, as a defensive end from 1960 to 1962.[1] [5]
Mumley died on September 22, 2022, at the age of 85.[6]