:John Amberg

{{Short description|American football player (1929–2004)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| name = John Amberg

| number = 12

| position = Defensive back

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|3|6}}

| birth_place = Johnson County, Kansas, US

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|5|4|1929|3|6}}

| death_place = Torrance, California, US

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lbs = 195

| high_school = Shawnee (KS) Mission Northwest

| college = Kansas

| undraftedyear = 1951

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1951|1952}})

| highlights =

}}

John McCaslin Amberg (March 6, 1929 – May 4, 2004) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) during the 1951 and 1952 NFL seasons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AmbeJo00.htm|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|title=John Amberg Stats}} After the 1952 season, he served in the Korean War.{{cite web |title=FOOTBALL AND AMERICA: The Korean War Honor Roll |website=Pro Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/connect/the-korean-war-honor-roll/ |access-date=May 6, 2024}} He played college football at Kansas, where he was a team captain. He became a president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the NFL Alumni in 1997, and became a member of the organization's national board of directors in 2003. He died on May 4, 2004, at age 75.{{cite web |date=May 7, 2004 |title=John Amberg, 75; N.Y. Giants Player, NFL Alumni Official |website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-07-me-passings7.4-story.html |access-date=May 6, 2024}}