Paul Briggs (American football)
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Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Santa Ana, California, U.S.
 Briggs on a 1948 Bowman football card | |||||||||
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| Position | Tackle | ||||||||
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| Born | April 18, 1920 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | February 14, 2011 (aged 90) Santa Ana, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 248 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Grand Junction (Grand Junction, Colorado) | ||||||||
| College | Colorado | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1944: 7th round, 57th overall pick | ||||||||
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Paul Leonard Briggs (April 18, 1920 – February 14, 2011) was an American professional football tackle who played one season with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Lions in the seventh round of the 1944 NFL draft after playing college football at the University of Colorado.
Paul Leonard Briggs was born on April 18, 1920, in Providence, Rhode Island.[1] He attended Grand Junction High School in Grand Junction, Colorado.[1]
Briggs first played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes of the University of Colorado from 1942 to 1943.[1] He joined the United States Navy in 1943 and was stationed on the USS Daly.[2] Briggs earned a Bronze Star and Purple Heart after being hit in the nose and back by shrapnel during a Japanese kamikaze attack.[2] He returned to college after the war and played for the Buffaloes again from 1946 to 1947.[1]