Roy Kirksey | |
Number: | 63, 66, 65 |
Position: | Guard, Linebacker |
Birth Date: | 18 September 1947 |
Birth Place: | Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Taylors, South Carolina, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lbs: | 235 |
High School: | Greenville (SC) Washington |
College: | Maryland Eastern Shore |
Draftyear: | 1971 |
Draftround: | 8 |
Draftpick: | 188 |
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Roy Kirksey (September 18, 1947 – September 5, 1981) was an American football guard. He played for the New York Jets from 1971 to 1972 and for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1973 to 1974.[1] [2] He died on September 5, 1981, after his car went out of control and overturned in Greenville County, South Carolina.[3]