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| Position | Guard | ||||||||
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| Born | (1944-07-05)July 5, 1944 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | September 10, 2019(2019-09-10) (aged 75) McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Northwestern(Miami, Florida) | ||||||||
| College | Allen | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1967: undrafted | ||||||||
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Samuel Davis (July 5, 1944 – September 10, 2019) was an American professionalfootball player who was aguard for thePittsburgh Steelers of theNational Football League (NFL) from 1967 to 1979. He won fourSuper Bowls with the Steelers.
Davis playedfootball atAllen University inColumbia, South Carolina.
Davis was anundraftedrookie in 1967. He did not start any game during his first three years of play, butstarted at the leftoffensive guard position for theNational Football League'sPittsburgh Steelers from 1970 to 1979. In 1970,Chuck Noll's second year ashead coach, Davis replacedLarry Gagner and started all 14 games. From 1970 to 1979, he played next to leftoffensive tackleJon Kolb and the two went on to win fourSuper Bowl rings together with the Steelers (Super BowlsIX,X,XIII, andXIV). However, Davis injured his foot before Pittsburgh's first Super Bowl andJim Clack started in his place in Super Bowls IX and then retained the starting job throughout the 1975 season and Super Bowl X.[1][2][3][4] In 1980, he was replaced byRay Pinney.
On September 10, 2019, at approximately 6:50 am, Davis, aged 75, was reported missing from the New Life Care Personal Home inMcKeesport, Pennsylvania. He had been suffering from dementia and was legally blind. Later that evening, authorities announced that Davis was found deceased inside of the facility.[5][6] Davis' family later stated that he had died of a heart attack.[7]