Don Brumm
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||
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| Born: | October 4, 1941 Chicago Heights, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Hammond (Hammond, Indiana) | ||||||
| College: | Purdue | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1963: 1st round, 13th pick | ||||||
| AFL draft: | 1963: 3rd round, 24 (By the Kansas City Chiefs)th pick | ||||||
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Donald Dwain Brumm (born October 4, 1941) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles. He went to one Pro Bowl during his ten-year career. Brumm played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and was selected in the first round of the 1963 NFL draft with the 13th overall pick. He was also selected in the third round of the 1963 AFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.[1]
Early life
[edit]Brumm was born on October 4, 1941, in Chicago Heights, Illinois.[2] He attended Hammond High School, in Hammond, Indiana, graduating in 1959. He was all-conference and all-state on the football team, and also was on the basketball and track teams. He is a member of the Hammond Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
College football
[edit]Brumm then became a standout lineman for Purdue, starting two years at defensive end. A first-team All-American selection by both Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI), he played in the Hula Bowl and East West Shrine Game as well as in a 1963 College All-Star Game victory over the Green Bay Packers prior to his pro football rookie season.[3] He was also selected by the Football Writers Association to the 1962 Look magazine All-America team.[4]
Professional football
[edit]Brumm was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) in the 1963 NFL draft, with St. Louis making him their first round selection, using the 13th pick in the draft overall.[5] He was selected in the third round of the 1963 AFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, 24th overall,[6] but chose to play in the NFL.
As a rookie, Brumm won the starting job at right defensive end, after Luke Owens was moved to tackle. Brumm started 11 games, but missed three because of knee problems that originated with an injury in the College All Star game before the season started.[7][2] Brumm was coachable and improved markedly during his rookie year in pass rushing; and was well-liked by his teammates.[7] He was selected by the writers and broadcasters covering the Cardinals as the team's rookie of the year.[8][9]
Brumm played for the Cardinals from 1963-69, starting at left, then right, defensive end, starting 71 games over that time.[2] From 1963-68 he had 33 quarterback sacks. In a 1966 article, Sports Illustrated called Brumm one of the NFL's best pass rushers.[10] In 1968, he had a career high nine sacks, and was selected to the 1968 Pro Bowl.[11][2] He missed the beginning of the 1969 season when he suffered a pre-season knee injury.[12]
Brumm played two years for the Philadelphia Eagles (1970-71), where he played in 16 games and started only one game. He returned to the Cardinals for his final NFL season in 1972 after the Eagles waived him, where he started 12 of 14 games and had 5.5 sacks.[2][13] Brumm retired from the NFL after the 1972 season.[13] He played a year in the World Football League (1975), but suffered a severe back injury and did not play professional football again.[3]
Over his career, Brumm had seven recovered fumbles, and twice scored NFL touchdowns with recovered fumbles.[8] On October 10, 1965, he ran 10 yards with a fumble for a score in a 37–16 Cardinals victory over the Washington Redskins.[14] He ran 17 yards for a touchdown on September 22, 1968, in a St. Louis loss to the San Francisco 49ers.[15]
His nickname in football was "Boomer".[16]
Honors
[edit]He was a 2011 inductee of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.[3][17] He is a member of the Cardinals' Honor Roll.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Donald Brumm football statistics".
- ^ a b c d e "Don Brumm Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ a b c d "BRUMM, DON". Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ "Brumm On Writers' All-America". The Times (Hammond, Indiana). December 4, 1962. p. 24.
- ^ "1963 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ "1963 AFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ a b Kerch, Bill (December 11, 1963). "Grid Cards Beating Drum, Hail Rookie Don Brumm". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. p. 23.
- ^ a b Underwood, Bob (August 27, 2019). "The Top 100 St. Louis Football Cardinals (60-51)". THE BIG RED ZONE. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ a b "1977 st. louis football cardinals, Media Guide, Honor Roll (p. 83), Rookie of the Year (p. 92)" (PDF).
- ^ "St. Louis Cardinals". Sports Illustrated. September 12, 1966.
- ^ "1968 NFL Pro Bowlers". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ "Football Cards Take on Steelers Next". The Hannibal Press. August 15, 1969. p. 1.
- ^ a b "Don Brumm Retires". The Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania). August 23, 1973. p. 46.
- ^ "St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Redskins - October 10th, 1965". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ "St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers - September 22nd, 1968". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ Morrison, Robert (July 26, 1967). "Linebacker Shift Poses Problem to Don Brumm". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 25.
- ^ Hanlon, Steve (May 1, 2011). "Hammond's Brumm leads Class of 2011 into Indiana Football Hall of Fame". nwitimes.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.