:Ernie Price

{{Short description|American football player (born 1950)}}

{{for|the English footballer|Ernie Price (English footballer)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Ernie Price

|number=72, 62

|position=Defensive end

|birth_date={{Birth date|1950|9|20|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2004|2|5|1950|9|20}}

|death_place=Houston, Texas, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|weight_lb=248

|height_in=4

|high_school=Roy Miller (TX)

|college=Texas A&M-Kingsville

|draftyear=1973

|draftround=1

|draftpick=17

|pastteams=* Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1973|1978}})

|highlights=* Second-team All-American (1972)

|statlabel1=Sacks

|statvalue1=13.0

|statlabel2=Fumble recoveries

|statvalue2=7

|statlabel3=Safeties

|statvalue3=1

|pfr=PricEr20

}}

Ernest Price (September 20, 1950 – February 5, 2004) was an American professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL).{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-grand-rapids-press/163600742/ | title='Skinny' Ernie Price Chosen To Beef Up Defense of Lions | work=The Grand Rapids Press | date=January 31, 1973 | accessdate=21 January 2025}} He played for seven seasons for the Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks.{{Cite web |title=Ernie Price |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PricEr20.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422180108/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PricEr20.htm |archive-date=2022-04-22 |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

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