Ben Davidson - Biography

Change Image Last Editor: r-homrighausen				Ben Davidson Biography -   Name : Ben Davidson Profession : Actor Date of birth : June 14, 1940(1940-06-14) Place of birth : Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Position(s) : Defensive end College : Washington Jersey Number : 83, 75 AFL All-Star : 1966, 1967, 1968 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl : 1972 Statistics : Pro Football Reference NFL.com DatabaseFootball 1961 1962-1963 1964-1969 1 : NFL Green Bay Packers NFL Washington Redskins AFL Oakland Raiders NFL Oakland Raiders

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Benjamin Earl Davidson (born June 14, 1940) is a former American football player between 1961 and 1971, most notably in the American Football League for the Oakland Raiders from 1964 through 1969 and for the National Football League Oakland Raiders in 1970 and 1971. He had also played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers (1961), and Washington Redskins (1962-63). He was an AFL All-Star in 1966, 1967, and 1968; and an NFL Pro Bowler in 1972. In the mid 1970s, he also played in the World Football League . Davidson was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Los Angeles, CA, but did not play football while at Wilson High School. Because of his height, basketball was more to his liking. While attending the University of Washington, he was spotted by the football coach and asked to join the football team, where he flourished and gained entry into Professional Football. He has appeared in a few films including M*A*S*H and Conan the Barbarian. He portrayed Porter the Bouncer in Behind the Green Door. He also played a convict football player in Necessary Roughness. He also played himself in a Miller Lite ad featuring John Madden and Rodney Dangerfield. See also Other American Football League players External links Ben Davidson Interview Davidson's 1965 Topps football card v • d • e Green Bay Packers 1961 NFL Champions Herb Adderley | Ben Agajanian | Tom Bettis | Lew Carpenter | Mike Bucchianeri | Dan Currie | Ben Davidson | Willie Davis | Boyd Dowler | Lee Folkins | Bill Forester | Forrest Gregg | Hank Gremminger | Dale Hackbart | Dave Hanner | Paul Hornung | Ken Iman | Henry Jordan | Gary Knafelc | Ron Kostelnik | Jerry Kramer | Ron Kramer | Norm Masters | Max McGee | Tom Moore | Ray Nitschke | Elijah Pitts | Bill Quinlan | Jim Ringo | John Roach | Bob Skoronski | Bart Starr | Johnny Symank | Jim Taylor | Fred Thurston | Nelson Toburen | Emlen Tunnell | Jesse Whittenton | Willie Wood Head Coach Vince Lombardi NewPP limit report Preprocessor node count: 651/1000000 Post-expand include size: 13593/2048000 bytes Template argument size: 5402/2048000 bytes Expensive parser function count: 0/500 Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Davidson" Categories: 1940 births | AFL All-Star players | American football defensive linemen | Green Bay Packers players | Living people | Oakland Raiders (AFL) players | Oakland Raiders players | Washington Huskies football players | Washington Redskins players Views Article Discussion