Proverb Jacobs

{{Short description|American football player (1935–2016)}}

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

{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography

| name =

| image =

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|5|25}}

| birth_place = Marksville, Louisiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|4|18|1935|5|25}}

| death_place = Oakland, California, U.S.

| team =

| number = 67, 73, 75, 77

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| position1 = Offensive tackle
Defensive tackle

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 258

| highschool = Oakland Tech (CA)

| college = California
Modesto

| NFLDraftedYear = 1958

| NFLDraftedRound = 2

| NFLDraftedPick = 17

| NFLDraftedTeam =

| playing_years1 = 1958

| playing_team1 = Philadelphia Eagles

| playing_years2 = 1960

| playing_team2 = New York Giants

| playing_years3 = 1961–1962

| playing_team3 = New York Titans (AFL)

| playing_years4 = 1963–1964

| playing_team4 = Oakland Raiders (AFL)

| career_highlights =

| NFL = JAC758352

| DatabaseFootball = JACOBPRO01

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Proverb Gabriel Jacobs Jr. (May 25, 1935 – April 18, 2016) was an American football offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants. He also played in the American Football League (AFL) for the New York Titans and the Oakland Raiders. Jacobs played college football at Modesto Junior College and the University of California. He was drafted in the second round of the 1958 NFL draft. Jacobs self-published his memoir, Autobiography of an Unknown Football Player, in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/winter-2014-gender-assumptions/book-proverb-new-autobiography-last-biblical|title=The Book of Proverb: In a New Autobiography, the 'Last of the Biblical Tackles' Tells All|date=December 10, 2014|website=Cal Alumni Association}} He died in 2016 at the age of 80.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Proverb-Jacobs-dies-ex-Raiders-lineman-and-7304505.php|title=Proverb Jacobs dies — ex-Raiders lineman and Laney coach|first=Jenna|last=Lyons|date=April 23, 2016|website=SFGate}}

Jacobs was also an All-American shot putter for the California Golden Bears track and field team, finishing 7th at the 1958 NCAA Track and Field Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=25 |title=Shot put at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}}