Dave Bernard (American football)

Dave Bernard

Position:	QB/ FB/ LB
Personal information
Date of birth:	September 26, 1912
Place of birth:	Jefferson, South Dakota
Date of death:	July 17, 1973
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:	Central High School
College:	Mississippi
Career history
Cleveland Rams (1945–1946)
Roster status:	retired
Career NFL statistics as of Week 10, 1945
Games Played: 13 Completions / Attempts: 0 / 4 Interceptions thrown: 2 Rushing Attempts / Yds: 1 / 6 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

David Edgar "King" Bernard (born September 26, 1912, died July 17, 1973) was an American football player who played two seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Rams.

Early life

Bernard was born in Jefferson, South Dakota and attended Central High School in Sioux City, Iowa.^[1]

He matriculated at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).^[1]

Football career

Bernard played two seasons for the Cleveland Rams in 1944 and 1945.^[1] Previously, in 1942 he had briefly been on the roster of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but never saw action.^[2][3] Bernard also played in 1942 with the minor-league Wilmington Clippers of the American Association.^[4]

References

1. "Dave Bernard bio". databaseFootball. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
2. Sell, Jack (September 10, 1942). "Steelers Release Six Players And Add Two Others to Roster". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
3. Muldoon, Cecil G. (September 23, 1942). "Injury Robs Steelers of Sanders". Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
4. Brainerd, Steven M. (1991). "Starting at the Bottom: Hundreds of Minor League Players Made it to the NFL" (PDF). The Coffin Corner (Professional Football Researchers Association) 13 (3).