Elbie Nickel

Elbert Everett Nickel

Position: E-DE
Height: 6-1    Weight: 196 lbs.

Born: December 28, 1922 in Fullerton, KY
Died: February 27, 2007 in Chillicothe, OH
College: Cincinnati   (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 17th round (149th overall) of the 1947 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 43 (2047th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

• 4/12 FootballPerspective.com: Which Player Has Scored the Most Game-Winning Touchdowns: Five years ago, Doug wrote an interesting post about game-winning touchdowns. Let’s be clear: tracking things like game-winning...
• 4/8 FootballPerspective.com: Forgotten Stars: Hugh Taylor: Only three players in NFL history have been responsible for half of their team’s receiving touchdowns over a six-year period:...

• 3/5 FootballPerspective.com: Career Receiving Numbers Translated to the 2012 Passing Environment: I’ve written several posts about how to grade wide receivers and did a three-part series on one ranking system two weeks...

• 2/19 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part III – Career Rankings: On Monday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history, and yesterday, I presented a list of...

• 12/31 FootballPerspective.com: Examining the seasons of Calvin Johnson and Brandon Marshall in a different light: Three weeks ago, I set forth the argument that perhaps Calvin Johnson was not even the most productive receiver in his own division....

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