Walter Suggs

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Personal information

Date of birth:

May 15, 1939

Place of birth:

Height:

6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight:

260 lb (118 kg)

Career information

College:

AFL draft:

1961 / Round: 3 / Pick: 24

Career history

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Walt Suggs was a college and professional American football player. An offensive and defensive lineman, he played college football at Mississippi State University, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Houston Oilers from 1962 through 1969, and for the National Football League Oilers in 1970 and 1971. Suggs played in 137 consecutive games. He played in the first pro football game played in the Houston Astrodome in 1967. He was an American Football League All-Star in 1967 and 1968.
During his high school career he was an All-State All Conference tackle and played in the 1957 Mississippi High School All Star game.
While in college he played in the Senior Bowl (1962) and in the Blue Gray Game (1961).

Other honors

Houston Oilers 1961 NFL Draft selections

Mike Ditka Tom Goode Walter Suggs Bobby Walden Monte Lee Jake Gibbs Dick Reynolds Houston Antwine Ralph White Charley Lee Bob Bird Bob McLeod Gerald Hinton Jimmy King Dennis Ferriter Larry Wood Sam Fewell Ike Grimsley Myron Pearson Lewis Johnson Ron Miller Bob Kelly Jim Anderson Ken Gregory Jack Kreider Don Fuell Boyd King John Frongillo Tom Lewis Errol Linden Jim Stroud

Draft years 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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