Frank Winters
{{Short description|American football player (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Frank Winters
| image = Frank Winters (8788877368) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Winters in 2015
| number = 64, 69, 65, 52
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|1|23}}
| birth_place = Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 305
| high_school = Emerson {{nowrap|(Union City, New Jersey)}}
| college = Western Illinois
| draftyear = 1987
| draftround = 10
| draftpick = 276
| pastteams = * Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1987|1988}})
- New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1989}})
- Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1990|1991}})
- Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1992|2002}})
| highlights = * First-team All-Gateway (1986)
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 231
| statlabel2 = Games started
| statvalue2 = 147
| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue3 = 5
| pfr = WintFr00
}}
Frank Mitchell Winters (born January 23, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for the Western Illinois Leathernecks.
Early life
Frank Mitchell Winters was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He lived in Union City, and played football at Emerson High School.[http://hudsoncountysportshalloffame.org/_2012/2012_wintersfrank.html "Frank Winters - Class of 2012"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130415004822/http://hudsoncountysportshalloffame.org/_2012/2012_wintersfrank.html |date=2013-04-15 }}, Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame. Accessed February 6, 2012. "A native of Hoboken, Winters is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns (1987-88), New York Giants (1989), Kansas City Chiefs (1990-91), and the Green Bay Packers (1992-2002)."
Career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 3
| weight = 273
| dash = 5.10
| ten split = 1.79
| twenty split = 2.98
| shuttle = 4.79
| vertical = 25.5
| broad ft = 8
| broad in = 4
| bench = 20
| arm span = 32 1/4
| hand span = 9 1/4
}}
Winters played American football at Western Illinois University and was selected in the tenth round of the 1987 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1987 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1987/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}
Winters was the Packers' starting center serving for eight straight seasons (1993–2000). He played in the Pro Bowl and also earned USA Today All-Pro honors in 1999. His nickname was "Frankie Baggadonuts" or "Old Bag of Donuts".{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
On July 18, 2008, Winters was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/frank-winters | title = Frank Winters | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = June 4, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230604032827/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/frank-winters | url-status = live }}
References
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{{Super Bowl XXXI}}
{{Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame}}
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Category:Emerson High School (Union City, New Jersey) alumni
Category:Sportspeople from Hoboken, New Jersey
Category:Sportspeople from Union City, New Jersey
Category:Players of American football from Hudson County, New Jersey
Category:American football centers
Category:American football offensive guards
Category:Western Illinois Leathernecks football players
Category:Cleveland Browns players
Category:New York Giants players
Category:Kansas City Chiefs players
Category:Green Bay Packers players
Category:National Conference Pro Bowl players
Category:Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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