Darrell Ray Colbert (born November 16, 1964) is a former American professional
football player who was a
wide receiver in the
National Football League
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(NFL) and the
World League of American Football
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(WLAF). He played for the
Kansas City Chiefs
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The t ...
of the NFL, and the
San Antonio Riders
The San Antonio Riders were a professional American football team that played in the WLAF in 1991 and 1992. The team played at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio in 1991 and then were forced to move to Bobcat Stadium on the campus of Southwest Texas S ...
of the WLAF.
[
Colbert was born in ]Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seat of government of Jefferson County, within the Beaumont– Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area, located in Southeast Texas on the Neches River about east of Houston ( ...
, and attended the black Hebert High School Hebert High School was a traditionally black high school in the South Park Independent School District in Beaumont, Texas, US. It was founded in the early 20th century to serve the black community, and became an accredited high school in 1923. In re ...
and then West Brook Senior High School
West Brook Senior High School is a high school in the city of Beaumont, Texas. It is operated by the Beaumont Independent School District and was formed in 1982 as a court-ordered measure to integrate the schools of the formerly separate South Par ...
after Hebert was merged into it. He played college football at Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a public historically black university in Houston, Texas. The university is one of the largest and most comprehensive historically black college or universities in the USA with nearly 10,00 ...
.
References
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1964 births
Living people
American football wide receivers
Kansas City Chiefs players
Players of American football from Beaumont, Texas
San Antonio Riders players