Carroll Dale
{{short description|American football player (born 1938)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Carroll Dale
| image = 1962 Topps 82 Carroll Dale.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Dale in 1962
| number = 81, 84
| position = Wide receiver
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|04|24}}{{Cite web |title=Carroll Wayne Dale |url=http://www.oldestlivingprofootball.com/carrollwaynedale.htm |access-date=October 2, 2012 |publisher=Oldest Living Football}}
| birth_place = Wise, Virginia, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 200
| high_school = Wise
| college = Virginia Tech
| draftyear = 1960
| draftround = 8
| draftpick = 86
| afldraftyear = 1960
| afldraftround = 1
| afldraftpick = First Selections
| pastteams =
- Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1960|1964}})
- Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1965|1972}})
- Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1973}})
| highlights =
- 3× NFL champion (1965, 1966, 1967)
- 2× Super Bowl champion (I, II)
- 3× Pro Bowl
- Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame{{Cite web |last=Valencia |first=Jorge |date=February 6, 2011 |title=Southwest Virginia Native Has Packer Pride |url=http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/276143 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202022920/http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/276143 |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |access-date=October 2, 2012 |publisher=The Roanoke Times}}
- First-team All-American (1959)
- Second-team All-American (1958)
- Virginia Tech Hokies No. 84 retired
| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 438
| statlabel2 = Yards
| statvalue2 = 8,277
| statlabel3 = Touchdowns
| statvalue3 = 52
| statlabel4 = Rushing attempts
| statvalue4 = 4
| statlabel5 = Rushing yards
| statvalue5 = 30
| pfr = DaleCa00
| CollegeHOF = 1807
}}
Carroll Wayne Dale (born April 24, 1938) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was an All-American playing college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies before becoming a member of the Green Bay Packers teams that won three straight NFL championships, including the first two Super Bowls. He was originally from Wise, Virginia.
Early life
He grew up in Wise, Virginia, and played football for Wise High School, a school with only 750 students."A Profile of Carroll Dale," in Colts-Rams, Baltimore Versus Los Angeles: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, December 9, 1961. [program] Los Angeles: Los Angeles Rams, 1961; pp. 11-13.
Career
=College football=
Dale initially signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Tennessee on an athletic scholarship. "The size of that city, Knoxville, just kind of scared me and I left," Carroll later recalled.
He instead attended Virginia Tech, located in the small town of Blacksburg, Virginia, where he played football from 1956 to 1959.{{Cite web |title=Carroll Dale College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/carroll-dale-1.html |access-date=January 27, 2022 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}
Dale was named a second-team All-American in 1958 and 1959. and was Southern Conference Media player of the year in 1958.{{Cite web |title=Individual Awards SOCON Football 1933-2003 |url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=167810 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |website=Southern Conference}}
=Professional football=
He was selected in the 1960 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams, the 86th overall pick, where he played for five years.{{Cite web |title=1960 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1960/draft.htm |access-date=January 27, 2022 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} On April 13, 1965, he was traded to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for linebacker Dan Currie.{{cite web | last=Christl | first=Cliff | title=Best Packers’ offseason trade? You guessed it | website=Packers.com| date=2014-02-28 | url=https://www.packers.com/news/best-packers-offseason-trade-you-guessed-it-12686577 | access-date=2024-12-24}} The speedy Dale was a very important contribution for the Packers' historic run of three consecutive NFL championships, which included Super Bowls I and II.{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl I - Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay Packers - January 15th, 1967 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196701150gnb.htm |access-date=January 27, 2022 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl II - Oakland Raiders vs. Green Bay Packers - January 14th, 1968 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196801140gnb.htm |access-date=January 27, 2022 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played eight seasons in Green Bay, and after a year with the Minnesota Vikings, he retired from the NFL after the 1973 season, having amassed 438 receptions for 8,277 yards and 52 touchdowns and four rushes for 30 yards.{{Cite web |title=Carroll Dale Career Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DaleCa00.htm |access-date=January 27, 2022 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1979.{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/carroll-dale | title = Carroll Dale | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = May 23, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230523012615/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/carroll-dale | url-status = live }}
A deep-play threat, as of 2019's NFL off-season, Dale held at least three Packers franchise records, including:
- Most Yds/Rec (career): 19.72
- Most Yds/Rec (game): 46.5 (1970-09-27 ATL)
- Most Yds/Rec (playoff career): 18.41
=College athletics administrator=
Dale was named director of athletics at the University of Virginia's College at Wise in 1991.{{Cite web |title=Former NFL Standout leads UVa-Wise Athletic Development Efforts |url=https://www.uvawise.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Former-NFL-Standout-leads-UVa-Wise-Athletic-Development.pdf |access-date=January 30, 2019}}
Honors
Dale was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (the state-wide organization that recognizes athletic achievements by state natives, or who played or coached for teams in the state) in 1976, Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1979{{Cite web |title=Player – Carroll Dale |url=http://packershalloffame.com/players/carroll-dale/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209095548/http://packershalloffame.com/players/carroll-dale/ |archive-date=December 9, 2012 |access-date=October 2, 2012 |publisher=Packer Hall of Fame}} and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.{{College Football HoF|id=1807|name=Carroll Dale |accessdate=October 2, 2012 }} His number (84) was retired by Virginia Tech.{{Cite web |title=Carroll Dale – Retired Number 84 |url=http://www.hokiesports.com/football/jerseys/dale.html |access-date=October 2, 2012 |publisher=Hokie Sports}} and he was in the inaugural class of inductees to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |title=Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame |url=http://monogram.hokiesports.com/recognitions/hall_of_fame.html |access-date=March 9, 2019 |website=hokiesports.com}}
Carroll Dale Stadium, the football stadium of Dale's alma mater, J. J. Kelly High School, was named for him.{{Cite web |last=Hobbs |first=Chris |date=April 14, 2017 |title=TODAY'S BLAST FROM THE PAST: Carroll Dale and Gabe |url=https://hobbsdailyreport.com/blast-from-the-past/blast-from-the-past-carroll-dale-and-gabe/ |access-date=January 27, 2022 |website=Hobbs Daily Report |language=en}}
Dale currently resides in his birthplace, Wise, Virginia.
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140201213921/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/carroll-dale-1.html Sports Reference] – college football statistics – Carroll Dale
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