Tony Samuels | |
Number: | 81, 80 |
Position: | Tight end |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1954 |
Birth Place: | Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
Death Place: | Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lbs: | 229 |
High School: | St. Petersburg (FL) Northeast |
College: | Bethune-Cookman |
Draftyear: | 1977 |
Draftround: | 4 |
Draftpick: | 94 |
Pastteams: | |
Statlabel1: | Receptions |
Statvalue1: | 33 |
Statlabel2: | Receiving yards |
Statvalue2: | 419 |
Statlabel3: | Receiving TDs |
Statvalue3: | 2 |
Pfr: | S/SamuTo00 |
Andre Antonio Samuels (December 30, 1954 – September 12, 2001) was an American football tight end who played four seasons in the National Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 1977 NFL draft. He first enrolled at Florida A&M University before transferring to Bethune-Cookman University. Samuels attended Northeast High School in St. Petersburg, Florida.[1] He was also a member of the Washington Federals of the United States Football League.