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| Position: | End Defensive end Defensive back | ||||||
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| Born: | May 9, 1929 Mount Airy, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| Died: | May 14, 2017 (aged 88) Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
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| High school: | Mount Airy | ||||||
| College: | Duke | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1951 / Round: 8 / Pick: 87 | ||||||
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John William Cox (May 9, 1929 – May 14, 2017) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Duke University and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1951 NFL Draft.
Cox was inducted into the Duke Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.[1] He died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 88.[2]