years death_place death_date birth_place teams career_highlights article_title position honors birth_date number college name
1964 -- 1966 1967 1968 1969 helena , arkansas 24 november 2002 barton , alabama alabama cleveland browns los angeles rams saskatchewan roughriders 2x national champion -lrb- 1964 , 1965 -rrb- cecil dowdy
 offensive tackle 1966 all-america team first team 05 september 1945 70 alabama cecil dowdy
cecil dowdy

cecil dowdy -lrb- september 5 , 1945 -- november 24 , 2002 -rrb- was an american college football player and businessman .
he played offensive tackle for the university of alabama crimson tide from 1964 through 1966 .
he was a member of both the 1964 and 1965 national championship teams .
dowdy was also a unanimous selection to the 1966 college football all-america team .
