Lee Folkins
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||||
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| Born | July 4, 1939 Wallace, Idaho, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Roosevelt (Seattle, Washington) | ||||||||||
| College | Washington | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1961: 6th round, 82nd overall pick | ||||||||||
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Lloyd Leroy Folkins (born July 4, 1939) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football for the Washington Huskies.
Folkins attended Roosevelt High School, before accepting a football scholarship from the University of Washington.
Folkins started as a sophomore playing both offense and defense, standing out as an offensive end, where he eventually formed a massive duo with John Meyers, with both standing 6–5 and over 200 pounds each.[1]
In 1959, Folkins helped the Huskies reach the 1960 Rose Bowl, winning it for the first time in school history, with a 44-8 upset against the University of Wisconsin.[2]
In 1960, Folkins was a preseason All-American candidate and again helped the Huskies reach the 1961 Rose Bowl, which they won 17-7 against the University of Minnesota.[3]