Don Parish (American football)

Donald Edward Parish (January 4, 1948 – May 9, 2018) was an American football linebacker. Parish played at Stanford, where he was the Pop Warner Trophy winner in 1969.[1] He was chosen in the fourth round of the 1970 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.[2] Parish played three seasons for the Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, and Denver Broncos.[3]

Don Parish
No. 57, 56, 51
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born:(1948-01-04)January 4, 1948
Beaumont, Texas
Died:May 9, 2018(2018-05-09) (aged 70)
Paso Robles, California
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College:Stanford
NFL Draft:1970 / Round: 4 / Pick: 91
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:19
Player stats at NFL.com

He had three brothers, Kenneth, Cecil and Don.[4]

He suffered from traumatic brain injury during his football days, his brother, Kenneth, told a reporter in 2021. Unhoused in Los Angeles for many years, Parish died at age 70 on May 9, 2018, in Paso Robles, California.[5]

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