Ted Daffer

Ted Daffer
Position: Guard, Defensive end
Personal information
Date of birth: September 24, 1929
Place of birth: Norfolk, Virginia
Date of death: March 1, 2006 (age 76)
Place of death: Atlanta, Georgia
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight: 198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school: Maury High School
College: University of Tennessee
NFL Draft: 1952 / Round: 21 / Pick: 248
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-American (1950, 1951)

Terrell Edwin "Ted" Daffer (September 24, 1929 - March 1, 2006) was an American football player. He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers football team at the guard position from 1949 to 1951.[1] He was selected by the American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, the Football Writers Association of America and the International News Service (INS) as a first-team guard on the 1950 College Football All-America Team. The following year, he was again selected by the INS and the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team player on the 1951 All-America Team. Daffer was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 21st round of the 1952 NFL Draft.[2] After two years of service in the United States Army,[1] he played for the Bears during the 1954 NFL season.[2] He later played for the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Former Football All-America Ted Daffer Dies: Daffer was a two-time All-America and a member of Tennessee's 1951 national championship team". University of Tennessee. March 8, 2006.
  2. 1 2 "Ted Daffer". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
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