Don Chelf

{{Short description|American football player (1933–2019)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Don Chelf

| image =

| caption =

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| number = 77

| position = Tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|3|25}}

| birth_place = West Liberty, Iowa, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|7|16|1933|3|25}}

| death_place = Tampa, Florida, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 235

| high_school = West Liberty

| college = Iowa

| draftyear = 1954

| draftround = 12

| draftpick = 136

| pastteams =

| pfr = C/ChelDo20

}}

Donald Richard Chelf (March 25, 1933 – July 16, 2019) was an American football player who played with the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at the University of Iowa.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ChelDo20.htm|title=Donald Chelf NFL & AFL Football Statistics | Pro-Football-Reference.com|publisher=pro-football-reference.com|access-date=September 29, 2015}}

Chelf died on July 16, 2019, in Tampa, Florida of lung cancer.{{cite news|last1=Northrop|first1=Milt|title=Don Chelf, an original Bill and longtime Buffalo teacher and coach, dies|url=https://buffalonews.com/2019/07/22/don-chelf-an-original-bill-and-longtime-buffalo-teacher-and-coach-dies/|access-date=July 23, 2019|work=The Buffalo News|date=July 22, 2019}}

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