Jon Dwane "Jaguar Jon" Arnett (April 20, 1935 – January 16, 2021) was an American professional football player. He was a first-team All-American out of USC and

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. Arnett died on January 16, 2021, from heart failure in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

College career

Arnett was the multiple recipient of the W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast. Arnett won the Voit Trophy in both 1955 1956. He was inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994 and the

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in 2001 as a member of the USC Trojans. *1954: 96 carries for 601 yards and 7 TD. 3 catches for 104 yards and 2 TD. *1955: 141 carries for 672 yards and 11 TD. 6 catches for 154 yards and 3 TD. *1956: 99 carries for 625 yards and 6 TD. 2 catches for 38 yards.

Professional career

Arnett was a five-time

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er with the

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from 1957 to 1963 and played with the

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from 1964 to 1966. He was known by the popular nickname of Jaguar Jon Arnett.

NFL career statistics

Retirement

Arnett ran a distribution service and supplied frozen foods to

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. After living for many years in Rancho Palos Verdes, Arnett and his family moved to

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References

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