Doug Dressler
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Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||
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| Born | August 19, 1948 Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | November 7, 2024 | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Las Vegas (NV) | ||||||||
| College | Chico State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1970: undrafted | ||||||||
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Douglas J. Dressler (born August 19, 1948) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs, and New England Patriots. He played college football for the Chico State Wildcats. Dressler also played rugby for the Glenn County Warriors.[citation needed]
Doug Dressler was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, the first of three children of Richard Gale Dressler and Patricia Jennings Dressler. Richard, a U.S. Navy veteran, was employed by National Cash Register, Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed, and Addressograph Multigraph, and later owned a printing business.[2]
Dressler's family moved from Pennsylvania to North Hollywood, California when he was an infant. His sophomore year in high school, Dressler transferred to Las Vegas High School, from which he graduated.[3]
After high school, he attended the College of Marin in Kentfield, California. He then enrolled in Chico State University, where he played tight end and defensive end and was also fourth in the nation as a heavyweight wrestler.[4]