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{{Short description|American football player (1927–2017)}}
{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1927–2017)}}
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{{Infobox CFL biography
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Eddie Macon
| name = Eddie Macon
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|3|7}}
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| birth_place = [[Stockton, California]]
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| number = 25, 28
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|4|19|1927|3|7}}
| position = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]] <br> [[Cornerback]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|3|7}}
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| birth_place = [[Stockton, California]], U.S.
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|4|19|1927|3|7}}
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| death_place = Stockton, California, U.S.
| status = Retired
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| height_ft = 6
| position1 = Halfback
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| height_in = 0
| position2 = Kick returner
| weight_lb = 177
| position3 = Defensive back
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| high_school = [[Edison High School (Stockton, California)|Edison]] <br> (Stockton, California)
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| height_ft = 6
| college = [[Pacific Tigers football|Pacific]] (1949–1951)
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| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 177
| draftyear = 1952
| draftround = 2
| college = [[University of the Pacific (United States)|Pacific]]
| draftpick = 20
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| high_school = [[Edison High School (Stockton, California)|Edison High School]]
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| NFLDraftedYear = 1952
* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1952|1953}})
| NFLDraftedRound = 2
* [[Calgary Stampeders]] ({{CFL Year|1954}})
| NFLDraftedPick = 20
* [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] ({{CFL Year|1957|1959}})
| NFLDraftedTeam = [[Chicago Bears]]
* [[Oakland Raiders]] ([[1960 American Football League season|1960]])
| playing_years1 = 1952–1953
| highlights =
| playing_team1 = [[Chicago Bears]]
* Second-team [[American Football League All-League Team|All-AFL]] ([[1960 All-AFL Team|1960]])
| playing_years2 = 1954
* Second-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-PCC]] ([[1951 All-Pacific Coast football team|1951]])
| playing_team2 = [[Calgary Stampeders]]
* [[Pacific Tigers football#Retired numbers|Pacific Tigers No. 41]] retired
| playing_years3 = 1957–1959
| statleague = NFL/AFL
| playing_team3 = [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards
| playing_years4 = 1960
| statvalue1 = 324
| playing_team4 = [[Oakland Raiders]]
| statlabel2 = Rushing average
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| statvalue2 = 4.6
| honors = [[Stockton Hall of Fame]]<br />[[Pacific Hall of Fame]]<br />[[American football leagues|AFL]] [[All-Pro]] (1960)<br />Pacific #41 Retired
| statlabel3 = Rushing [[touchdown]]s
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| statvalue3 = 2
| statlabel4 = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Receptions]]
| statvalue4 = 14
| statlabel5 = Receiving yards
| statvalue5 = 49
| statlabel6 = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue6 = 2
| statlabel7 = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue7 = 9
| statlabel8 = Defensive touchdowns
| statvalue8 = 1
| cflstatlabel1 = Rushing yards
| cflstatvalue1 = 942
| cflstatlabel2 = Receptions
| cflstatvalue2 = 24
| cflstatlabel3 = Receiving yards
| cflstatvalue3 = 464
| cflstatlabel4 = Interceptions
| cflstatvalue4 = 17
| cflstatlabel5 = Total touchdowns
| cflstatvalue5 = 9{{efn|5 rushing, 2 receiving, 2 defensive}}
| pfr = M/MacoEd20
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'''Edwin Donald Macon'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MACONEDD01 |title=Eddie Macon |work=DatabaseFootball |access-date=2013-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614084341/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MACONEDD01 |archive-date=2012-06-14 }}</ref> (March 7, 1927 – April 19, 2017) was a professional [[American football]] [[halfback (American football)|halfback]].
'''Edwin Donald Macon'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MACONEDD01 |title=Eddie Macon |work=DatabaseFootball |access-date=2013-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614084341/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MACONEDD01 |archive-date=2012-06-14 }}</ref> (March 7, 1927 – April 19, 2017) was an American [[Gridiron football|football]] [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] and [[cornerback]] who played in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for two seasons with the [[Chicago Bears]], then played in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) for one season with the [[Calgary Stampeders]] and three years with the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]], and finally played in the [[American Football League]] (AFL) for a lone season with the [[Oakland Raiders]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[Pacific Tigers football|Pacific Tigers]] and was selected by the Bears in the second round (20th overall) of the [[1952 NFL draft]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
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==Professional career==
==Professional career==
Macon was drafted in the second round (twentieth selection) of the [[1952 NFL Draft]] by the [[Chicago Bears]] and became the first African-American player on the team; he spent two years as a halfback and [[return specialist]].<ref name="chicagobears.com"/> He was the second African-American to be drafted by the Bears; the first, [[George Taliaferro]], was drafted by them in 1949, but chose to play in the [[All-America Football Conference]].<ref name="chicagobears.com">{{cite web|last=Mayer|first=Larry|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Smith-thrilled-to-meet-Bears-first-African-American-player/1BFACE62-E9D9-43D6-8432-24391D403A97|title=Smith thrilled to meet Bears' first African American player|publisher=[[Chicago Bears]]|date=2012-02-14|access-date=2013-01-21}}</ref> With the Bears, Macon rushed for 324 yards and two touchdowns on 70 attempts while catching 14 passes for 49 yards and two touchdowns. On 22 kick returns, he averaged 30.5 yards per return and 5.9 yards on 24 punt returns.<ref name="chicagobears.com"/> He left the Bears in 1954 to play for the [[Calgary Stampeders]] of the [[Canadian Football League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cflapedia.com/Database/m.htm|title=M - CFLapedia|work=CFLapedia|access-date=2013-01-21}}</ref> Bears coach and owner [[George Halas]] was not pleased about his departure, [[blackballing]] Macon and suing him for $100,000. As a result, the Bears refused to acknowledge Macon being on the team.<ref>{{cite web|last=St. Martin|first=Raymond|url=http://www.silverandblackpride.com/2010/2/4/1292635/gridiron-gauntlet-iii-original|title=Gridiron Gauntlet III: Original Oakland Raider Eddie Macon|publisher=[[SB Nation]]|date=2010-02-04|access-date=2013-01-21}}</ref> After being out of football for two years, which he spent as a [[stevedore|longshoreman]], Macon joined the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] in 1957 before leaving in 1959 to resume his longshoreman career, but later joined the [[Oakland Raiders]] of the [[American Football League]] in 1960. With the Raiders, Macon was converted to [[defensive back]], and was tied for second in the league with nine interceptions, which earned him [[All-AFL]] honors.<ref name="Recordnet.com" />
Macon was drafted in the second round (twentieth selection) of the [[1952 NFL draft]] by the [[Chicago Bears]] and became the first African-American player on the team; he spent two years as a halfback and [[return specialist]].<ref name="chicagobears.com"/> He was the second African-American to be drafted by the Bears; the first, [[George Taliaferro]], was drafted by them in 1949, but chose to play in the [[All-America Football Conference]].<ref name="chicagobears.com">{{cite web|last=Mayer|first=Larry|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Smith-thrilled-to-meet-Bears-first-African-American-player/1BFACE62-E9D9-43D6-8432-24391D403A97|title=Smith thrilled to meet Bears' first African American player|publisher=[[Chicago Bears]]|date=2012-02-14|access-date=2013-01-21|archive-date=2013-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316071347/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Smith-thrilled-to-meet-Bears-first-African-American-player/1BFACE62-E9D9-43D6-8432-24391D403A97|url-status=dead}}</ref> With the Bears, Macon rushed for 324 yards and two touchdowns on 70 attempts while catching 14 passes for 49 yards and two touchdowns. On 22 kick returns, he averaged 30.5 yards per return and 5.9 yards on 24 punt returns.<ref name="chicagobears.com"/> He left the Bears in 1954 to play for the [[Calgary Stampeders]] of the [[Canadian Football League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cflapedia.com/Database/m.htm|title=M - CFLapedia|work=CFLapedia|access-date=2013-01-21}}</ref> Bears coach and owner [[George Halas]] was not pleased about his departure, [[blackballing]] Macon and suing him for $100,000. As a result, the Bears refused to acknowledge Macon being on the team.<ref>{{cite web|last=St. Martin|first=Raymond|url=http://www.silverandblackpride.com/2010/2/4/1292635/gridiron-gauntlet-iii-original|title=Gridiron Gauntlet III: Original Oakland Raider Eddie Macon|publisher=[[SB Nation]]|date=2010-02-04|access-date=2013-01-21}}</ref> After being out of football for two years, which he spent as a [[stevedore|longshoreman]], Macon joined the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] in 1957 before leaving in 1959 to resume his longshoreman career, but later joined the [[Oakland Raiders]] of the [[American Football League]] in 1960. With the Raiders, Macon was converted to [[defensive back]], and was tied for second in the league with nine interceptions, which earned him [[All-AFL]] honors.<ref name="Recordnet.com" />


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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Upon retiring, Macon worked for over 40 years as a longshoreman, retiring at the age of 86 years old. He died on April 19, 2017, at the age of 90.
Upon retiring, Macon worked for over 40 years as a longshoreman, retiring at the age of 86 years old. He died on April 19, 2017, at the age of 90.


==Notes and references==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:01, 3 August 2024

Eddie Macon
No. 25, 28
Position:Halfback
Cornerback
Personal information
Born:(1927-03-07)March 7, 1927
Stockton, California, U.S.
Died:April 19, 2017(2017-04-19) (aged 90)
Stockton, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:177 lb (80 kg)
Career information
High school:Edison
(Stockton, California)
College:Pacific (1949–1951)
NFL draft:1952 / round: 2 / pick: 20
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL/AFL statistics
Rushing yards:324
Rushing average:4.6
Rushing touchdowns:2
Receptions:14
Receiving yards:49
Receiving touchdowns:2
Interceptions:9
Defensive touchdowns:1
Career CFL statistics
Rushing yards:942
Receptions:24
Receiving yards:464
Interceptions:17
Total touchdowns:9[a]
Player stats at PFR

Edwin Donald Macon[1] (March 7, 1927 – April 19, 2017) was an American football halfback and cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons with the Chicago Bears, then played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for one season with the Calgary Stampeders and three years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and finally played in the American Football League (AFL) for a lone season with the Oakland Raiders. He played college football for the Pacific Tigers and was selected by the Bears in the second round (20th overall) of the 1952 NFL draft.

Early life

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Macon was a track star at Edison High School. He was drafted into the United States Army during World War II in 1945, and was stationed for seven months at Yokohama, Japan, after the war's conclusion. Upon returning to the United States, he joined the San Joaquin Delta College track team, before transferring to Pacific. Macon was convinced by Pacific coach Larry Siemering to join the school's football team, becoming the first black Tigers player. In three seasons with the Tigers, Macon scored 34 touchdowns, and went 24–8–1.[2]

Professional career

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Macon was drafted in the second round (twentieth selection) of the 1952 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears and became the first African-American player on the team; he spent two years as a halfback and return specialist.[3] He was the second African-American to be drafted by the Bears; the first, George Taliaferro, was drafted by them in 1949, but chose to play in the All-America Football Conference.[3] With the Bears, Macon rushed for 324 yards and two touchdowns on 70 attempts while catching 14 passes for 49 yards and two touchdowns. On 22 kick returns, he averaged 30.5 yards per return and 5.9 yards on 24 punt returns.[3] He left the Bears in 1954 to play for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.[4] Bears coach and owner George Halas was not pleased about his departure, blackballing Macon and suing him for $100,000. As a result, the Bears refused to acknowledge Macon being on the team.[5] After being out of football for two years, which he spent as a longshoreman, Macon joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1957 before leaving in 1959 to resume his longshoreman career, but later joined the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League in 1960. With the Raiders, Macon was converted to defensive back, and was tied for second in the league with nine interceptions, which earned him All-AFL honors.[2]

Personal life

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Macon and his wife (of 70 years) Jessie, had four daughters, Edna Rice (Bertram), Marilyn Gayles (Percy), Janice Macon and Andrea Terry (McClellan), as well as a son, Edwin Macon Jr. Eddie and Jessie married in 1945 and resided in Stockton, CA. They relocated to the Bay Area before returning to Stockton to live out their life in a senior living residence as of October 2012.

Upon retiring, Macon worked for over 40 years as a longshoreman, retiring at the age of 86 years old. He died on April 19, 2017, at the age of 90.

Notes and references

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  1. ^ 5 rushing, 2 receiving, 2 defensive
  1. ^ "Eddie Macon". DatabaseFootball. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Dhillon, Jagdip (January 20, 2013). "A lasting impression". Recordnet.com. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Mayer, Larry (February 14, 2012). "Smith thrilled to meet Bears' first African American player". Chicago Bears. Archived from the original on March 16, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "M - CFLapedia". CFLapedia. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  5. ^ St. Martin, Raymond (February 4, 2010). "Gridiron Gauntlet III: Original Oakland Raider Eddie Macon". SB Nation. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
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