Pat Dunsmore
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Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||
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| Born | October 2, 1959 Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 237 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Ankeny (Ankeny, Iowa) | ||||||||
| College | Drake | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1983: 4th round, 107th overall pick | ||||||||
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Patrick Neil Dunsmore (born October 2, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for three seasons with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He is a graduate of Ankeny High School in Ankeny, Iowa and Drake University. He switched sports (to football) as a senior in high school and switched positions (to tight end) as a senior in college. He played for Drake during a historically successful era for the school. As a professional, he is best remembered as the recipient of a Walter Payton playoff touchdown and a victim of a pileup in a bench clearing brawl. He is the father of Drake Dunsmore.
At Ankeny, he competed in basketball until his senior year, when he became a football player and earned a football scholarship.[1] At Drake, he was a highly regarded tight end, after converting from wide receiver as a senior, who slipped to the 106th pick in the 1983 NFL draft after suffering a knee injury while skiing in early 1983.[2] On September 13, 1980, he had 142 yards and six receptions for two touchdowns against Ball State.[3] Dunsmore, was part of a historic era for Drake Bulldogs football including the nearly undefeated 1981 Drake Bulldogs football team. The team's 7–0 start was the school's first in 37 years, which caused Sports Illustrated to do a feature on the team.[4] Then, he was part of the Bears 1983 Draft class with Jimbo Covert, Willie Gault, Mike Richardson, Dave Duerson, Tom Thayer, Richard Dent and Mark Bortz.[1]