Doug Dawson

No. 66, 69

Position:

Guard

Personal information

Date of birth:

December 27, 1961

Place of birth:

Houston, Texas

Height:

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight:

238 lb (108 kg)

Career information

College:

Texas

NFL draft:

1984 / Round: 2 / Pick: 45

Career history

Career NFL statistics

Games Played:	106
Games Started:	70

Douglas Arlin Dawson (born December 27, 1961) is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons in the 1980s and 1990s. Dawson played college football for the University of Texas, and received All-American honors. Thereafter, he played professionally for the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Oilers, and Cleveland Browns of the NFL.

Dawson was born in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, where he was an offensive lineman for the Texas Longhorns football team from 1980 to 1983. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as a senior in 1983. He was also honored as a member of the university's Friar Society.

The St. Louis Cardinals selected Dawson in second round (forty-fifth pick overall) in the 1984 NFL Draft, and he played for the Cardinals from 1984 to 1986. He subsequently played four seasons for the Houston Oilers (1990–1993) and his final season for the Cleveland Browns (1994). He played in a total of 106 NFL games, and started 70 of them.

He currently works for Northwestern Mutual in Houston. Dawson has two children, a girl called Arlin and a boy named Ross. Dawson married a Houston socialite in February 1994 and they divorced in 2013. Dawson has a net worth of about $12 million and his current income is close to $1.8 million a year.

1983 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Steve Young RB Mike Rozier RB Bo Jackson RB Greg Allen RB Napoleon McCallum WR Irving Fryar TE Gordon Hudson OL Bill Fralic OL Terry Long OL Dean Steinkuhler OL Doug Dawson C Tony Slaton

Defense	DL Rick Bryan DL Reggie White DL William Perry DL William Fuller LB Ricky Hunley LB Wilber Marshall LB Ron Rivera LB Jeff Leiding DB Russell Carter DB Jerry Gray DB Terry Hoage DB Don Rogers

Special teams	PK Luis Zendejas P Jack Weil

St. Louis Cardinals 1984 NFL draft selections

Clyde Duncan Doug Dawson Rick McIvor Martin Bayless Jeff Leiding John Goode Rod Clark Quentin Walker Niko Noga Bob Paulling John Walker Mark Smythe Kyle Mackey Paul Parker Mike Ruether (supp.) Derek Kennard (supp.) Tim Riordan (supp.)

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