Al Goldstein (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1936–1991)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Al Goldstein

| number = 81

| position = End

| birth_date = January 8, 1936

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|10|14|1936|1|8}}

| death_place = West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 204

| high_school = New York (NY) Lafayette

| college = North Carolina

| draftyear = 1959

| draftround = 10

| draftpick = 117
(by the Los Angeles Rams){{cite web|url=http://databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=LAM&yr=1959&lg=nfl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217003622/http://databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=LAM&yr=1959&lg=nfl |title=1959 Los Angeles Rams |website=databaseFootball.com |archive-date=February 17, 2010 |url-status=usurped |access-date=July 17, 2020}}

| afldraftyear = 1960

| afldraftround = 1
Pick: First Selections
(by the Buffalo Bills)

| pastteams =

• Oakland Raiders (1960)

| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1958)
• First-team All-ACC (1958)
• Second-team All-ACC (1959)

| statlabel1 = Receiving yards

| statvalue1 = 354

| pfr = G/GoldAl00

}}

Alan "Al" Goldstein (January 8, 1936 – October 14, 1991) was an American football player. He was a first-team All-American end at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1958 and played professional football for the Oakland Raiders during their inaugural 1960 season.

Goldstein was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Lafayette High School. He then attended the University of North Carolina where he played college football at the end position for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team from 1957 to 1959.{{cite web|title=Goldstein, Al|publisher=Jews In Sports|accessdate=February 13, 2015|url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=284}} As a junior, he was selected by the Football Writers Association of America and the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team end on their respective 1958 College Football All-America Teams.{{cite web|title=FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team |editor=Ted Gangi |accessdate=February 8, 2015 |url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/all-time.pdf }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|title=SEC Places Smith, Cannon on All-America Team|newspaper=Times Daily|date=November 30, 1958|page=4T|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19581130&id=tSEsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C8kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=875,6685167}}

Goldstein was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 10th round of the 1960 NFL draft, but he opted instead to play in the newly formed American Football League. He appeared in 14 games for the Oakland Raiders during the inaugural 1960 AFL season, compiling 27 receptions for 354 yards and one touchdown.{{cite web|title=Alan Goldstein NFL & AFL|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=February 13, 2015|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GoldAl00.htm}} He died in 2009 at age 55 in West Bloomfield, Michigan.