Doyle Tackett
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Hector, Arkansas
Atkins, Arkansas
.jpg) Doyle Tackett, 1946 | |
| Profile | |
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| Position | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 23, 1923 Hector, Arkansas |
| Died | September 7, 2002 (aged 79) Atkins, Arkansas |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Atkins (AR) |
| Career history | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Doyle Lee Tackett (August 23, 1923 – September 7, 2002) was an American football halfback, wingback, and blocking back. He played for the Navy's Fleet City Bluejackets football teams in 1944 and 1945 and for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1946 to 1948.
Tackett was born in Hector, Arkansas, in 1923 and attended Atkins High School in Atkins, Arkansas.[1] He received all-state honors while playing football at Atkins High School in 1942. He was a multi-sport athlete in high school, pitching for the baseball team, playing guard for the basketball team, and setting a rreocrd in the discus throw.[2]
Fleet City
Before Tackett was able to play college football, the United States entered World War II, and Tackett joined the Navy.[3] He served in the Navy from June 1943 until February 1946. In 1944 and 1945, he starred at the halfback and fullback positions on the Navy's Fleet City Bluejackets football team in San Francisco.[2] The undefeated 1945 Fleet City Bluejackets football team featured an all-star lineup that included Tackett, Bruiser Kinard, Bill Daddio, Charlie O'Rourke, Steve Juzwik, Lou Zontini, and John Badaczewski, and was considered to be as good as the 1945 Army Cadets football team.