Samuel Webster Agee, Sr (October 21, 1915 – November 2, 2006) was a professional
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
player who played
running back
A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive American football plays#Offensive terminology, handoffs from the quarterback to Rush (American football)#Offen ...
for four seasons for the
Chicago Cardinals
The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.
Roots ca ...
. He was born in
Courtland,
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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in October 1915.
He went to high school at
Columbia Military Academy in Tennessee. He died in
Sparta, Tennessee.
References
1915 births
2006 deaths
American football running backs
Chicago Cardinals players
Vanderbilt Commodores football players
People from Lawrence County, Alabama
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