:Bernard Dafney

{{Short description|American football player (1968–2006)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Bernard Dafney

| number = 71, 75, 72

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date |1968|11|1}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|01|11|1968|11|1}}

| death_place = Conyers, Georgia, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 324

| high_school = Fremont
(South Los Angeles, CA)

| college = Tennessee

| draftyear = 1992

| draftround = 9

| draftpick = 247

| pastteams =

• Houston Oilers (1992)*
• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1992|1994}})
• Arizona Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1995}})
• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1996}})
• Baltimore Ravens ({{NFL Year|1997}})
• Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|1998}})*{{cite web |title=Transactions |url=https://www.nfl.com/transactions/league/signings/1998/2?after=AAAHzgAAAAIAAAARAAAAAAAD1t0= |website=NFL.com |access-date=21 November 2024}}

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 60

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 29

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = DafnBe20

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Bernard Dafney (November 1, 1968 – January 11, 2006) was an American professional football offensive tackle. He was selected by the Houston Oilers in the ninth round of the 1992 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1992 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1992/draft.htm |access-date=May 7, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Dafney played college football at the university of Tennessee Volunteers.{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2006 |title=Former Vol Offensive Lineman Bernard Dafney Dies |url=https://www.chattanoogan.com/2006/1/13/78654/Former-Vol-Offensive-Lineman-Bernard.aspx |access-date=March 16, 2024 |website=Chattanoogan.com |language=en}} He played for the Oilers, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Baltimore Ravens in a six-year career that lasted from 1992 to 1998 in the National Football League (NFL).{{Cite web |title=Bernard Dafney Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DafnBe20.htm |access-date=March 16, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 5 1/4

| weight = 317

| bench = 13

| arm span = 34 7/8

| hand span = 9

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Dafney died of a heart attack in Rockdale County, Georgia, at the age of 37.{{Cite web |date=January 13, 2006 |title=FORMER VOL OFFENSIVE LINEMAN DIES IN GEORGIA |url=https://utsports.com/news/2006/1/13/former_vol_offensive_lineman_dies_in_georgia.aspx |access-date=March 16, 2024 |website=University of Tennessee Athletics |language=en}}