American football player

Jack Youngblood

Herbert Jackson Youngblood III is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a five-time consensus All-Pro and a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Before playing professionally, Youngblood played college football for the University of Florida, and was recognized as an All-American. He is considered among the best players Florida ever produced—a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and one of only six Florida Gators to be named to the Gator Football Ring of Honor.

Born

1950

January 26

Died

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1950s

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1950 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

661 The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.
1531 The 6.4–7.1 Mw Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
1564 The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
1564 The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.

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The world in 1950

When Jack arrived

april 21 The Nainital wedding massacre occurs, killing 22 members of the Harijan caste.
august 1 Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
august 12 Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army.
august 15 Measuring Mw 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Douglas MacArthur 1880–1964 American general (born 1880) Juan Pablo Duarte 1813– Dominican philosopher and poet, founding father of the Dominican Republic (died 1876) Jules Feiffer 1929–2025 American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator (born 1929) Lucinda Williams 1953– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Mercedes Moné 1992– American wrestler Oscar Ruggeri 1962– Argentine footballer and manager Paul Newman 1925–2008 American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (died 2008) Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza 1852–1905 Italian-French explorer (died 1905) Robert Halperin 1908–1985 American yachtsman (died 1985)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1950

Abraham Sarmiento 1950–1977 Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (died 1977) Alex Chilton 1950–2010 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010) Alexander Lebed 1950–2002 Russian general and politician (died 2002) Billy Smith 1950– Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager Charles Fleischer 1950– American comedian and actor Charles Krauthammer 1950–2018 American columnist and conservative political commentator (born 1950) Claire Morissette 1950– Canadian cycling activist (died 2007) Daniel Auteuil 1950– French actor, director, and screenwriter David Cannadine 1950– English historian and author

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