American football player (1934–2012)
Urshell James "Jesse"Whittenton (May 9, 1934 – May 21, 2012)[1] was an American professionalfootball player who was acornerback for nine seasons in theNational Football League (NFL), primarily for theGreen Bay Packers. He was inducted into theGreen Bay Packers Hall of Fame.[2] He playedcollege football for theTexas Western Miners (now UTEP Miners).
Whittenton also played golf on theSenior PGA Tour in the late 1980s. His best finish was T-21 at the 1989Showdown Classic.
Whittenton is one of at least 345NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[3][4]
- ^"Jesse Whittenton". Getz Funeral Home. Archived fromthe original on February 16, 2013. RetrievedJanuary 18, 2013.
- ^Christl, Cliff."Jesse Whittenton".Packers.com.Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2023.
- ^"The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)". Concussion Legacy Foundation. Archived fromthe original on July 2, 2023. RetrievedJuly 2, 2023.
- ^Belson, Ken; Mueller, Benjamin (June 20, 2023)."Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease".The New York Times. RetrievedJuly 2, 2023.
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- Gil Salcedo (1940)
- Owen Price (1940–1941)
- Vic Clark (1942, 1946)
- Jim Bowden (1947–1948)
- Ralph Brewster (1949)
- Bill McWilliams (1950)
- Billy Bob Plumbley (1951)
- Dick Shinaut (1952–1953)
- Jesse Whittenton (1954–1955)
- Bob Laraba (1955–1958)
- John Furman (1958–1961)
- Jerry Tucker (1962–1963)
- Joe Harrison (1964)
- Billy Stevens (1965–1967)
- Brooks Dawson (1967–1968)
- Bob Stewart (1968)
- Bill Craigo (1969–1971)
- Neil Lovorn (1969)
- Gary Keithley (1971–1972)
- Frank Duncan (1973)
- Bobby McKinley (1974–1975)
- Steve Smith (1975–1976)
- Don Amerson (1976–1977)
- Mike McCall (1977)
- Oscar Ramirez (1977–1978)
- David Stone (1979)
- Keith Castle (1979–1980)
- Paul Sieczkowski (1980)
- Jeff Riley (1980–1981)
- Jay Wiley (1981)
- Brad McEachern (1981)
- Kevin Ward (1982–1984)
- Sammy Garza (1983–1986)
- Jay Cleveland (1983)
- John Scoular (1984)
- Pat Hegarty (1987–1988)
- Howard Gasser (1989–1990)
- Mike Perez (1990–1993)
- Shawn Gray (1991–1994)
- Corey Tucker (1993)
- Leonard Lilja (1995–1996)
- John Rayborn (1995, 1997–1998)
- Matt Hickl (1996)
- Craig Strickland (1997)
- Rocky Perez (1997–2000)
- Jay Stuckey (1999)
- Wes Phillips (2001)
- Jon Schaper (2001–2002)
- Orlando Cruz (2002–2003)
- Omar Duarte (2002, 2004)
- Jordan Palmer (2003–2006)
- Trevor Vittatoe (2007–2010)
- Carson Meger (2011–2012)
- Nick Lamaison (2011–2012)
- Blaire Sullivan (2012–2013)
- Jameill Showers (2013–2014)
- Mack Leftwich (2013, 2015)
- Ryan Metz (2015–2018)
- Zack Greenlee (2016–2017)
- Kavika Johnson (2016)
- Kai Locksley (2018–2019)
- Brandon Jones (2018–2019)
- Gavin Hardison (2020–2023)
- Calvin Brownholtz (2020, 2022)
- Kevin Hurley (2023)
- Cade McConnell (2023–2024)
- Skyler Locklear (2024)
- JP Pickles (2024)
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