Don Hultz

Defensive tackle, American football player

1940 –

36

Who is Don Hultz?

William Donald Hultz is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League. He is the child of Wilfred R. and Faye Hultz.

As a teenager, Hultz began playing football at Mobile County High School in Grand Bay, Alabama. After graduating from high school, he played college football at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he played both offensive and defensive positions. In 1962, during Hultz's senior year, Southern Mississippi's football team won the UPI Small College National Championship.

Following college, Hultz signed as a free agent to play in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings. He played his first season with the Vikings in 1963. Before the 1964 season he was traded as part of a 4-for-1 deal to the Philadelphia Eagles where he played the following 9 seasons. During those first ten years he wore the number 83. After the 1972 season he was traded to the Chicago Bears where he played his final season in 1973. During that final year he wore the number 67. While in the NFL, Hultz played defensive end, defensive tackle, and linebacker.

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Born
Dec 16, 1940
Moss Point
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • The University of Southern Mississippi
Lived in
  • Moss Point

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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