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style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1937-07-04</span>)</span>July 4, 1937<br /><a href="/wiki/Eudora,_Arkansas" title="Eudora, Arkansas">Eudora, Arkansas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">May 29, 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-05-29)</span> (aged 82)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">186 lb (84 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_S._Clark_Sr._High_School" title="Joseph S. Clark Sr. High School">Joseph S. Clark Sr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_Tigers_football" title="Grambling State Tigers football">Grambling State</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Undrafted:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_draft#Notable_undrafted_players" title="1961 NFL draft">1961</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> (<a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_season" title="1961 NFL season">1961</a>–<a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_season" title="1969 NFL season">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_season" title="1969 NFL season">1969</a>–<a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_season" title="1971 NFL season">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> (<a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL champion">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1963 NFL Championship Game">1963</a>)</li> <li>First-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> (<a href="/wiki/1963_All-Pro_Team" title="1963 All-Pro Team">1963</a>)</li> <li>Second-team All-Pro (<a href="/wiki/1965_All-Pro_Team" title="1965 All-Pro Team">1965</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> (<a href="/wiki/1964_Pro_Bowl" title="1964 Pro Bowl">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969_Pro_Bowl" title="1969 Pro Bowl">1968</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_season_interceptions_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NFL season interceptions leaders">NFL Interceptions co-leader</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears#Top_100_greatest_Bears_of_all-time" title="Chicago Bears">100 greatest Bears of All-Time</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TaylRo00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Roosevelt "Rosey" Taylor</b> (July 4, 1937 – May 29, 2020) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> player who was a <a href="/wiki/Safety_(American_football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (American football position)">safety</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). He played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> at <a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_University" title="Grambling State University">Grambling State University</a>. Part of Grambling's initial SWAC championship defense in 1960 – the group included four future <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pros</a> – Taylor went on to lead the NFL with nine <a href="/wiki/Interception" title="Interception">interceptions</a> in 1963, on the way to 32 career picks. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roosevelt_Taylor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taylor was born on July 4, 1937 in <a href="/wiki/Eudora,_Arkansas" title="Eudora, Arkansas">Eudora, Arkansas</a> to William and Savannah Taylor. He moved to New Orleans when he was four.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was raised in the Lower <a href="/wiki/9th_Ward_of_New_Orleans" title="9th Ward of New Orleans">Ninth Ward</a>, attending McCarthy Elementary School and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_S._Clark_Sr._High_School" title="Joseph S. Clark Sr. High School">Joseph S. Clark High School</a> (now defunct), where he played three sports, basketball, football and track; excelling most in basketball.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While he had great leaping ability, and basketball was his best high school sport, he would be cut twice trying out for his college team; though that leaping ability would become vital to his playing defensive back in football.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was an all-city football player at Clark. </p><p>He went to <a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_University" title="Grambling State University">Grambling State University</a>, and was a football team <a href="/wiki/Walk-on_(sports)" title="Walk-on (sports)">walk-on</a> before earning a scholarship, playing under coach <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_(American_football_coach)" title="Eddie Robinson (American football coach)">Eddie Robinson</a>. He worked a number of jobs to pay his tuition before that. He was a key part of <a href="/wiki/1960_Grambling_Tigers_football_team" title="1960 Grambling Tigers football team">Grambling’s 1960</a> Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championship team (its first), playing defense.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His defensive teammates<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> included future <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> defensive tackle <a href="/wiki/Buck_Buchanan" title="Buck Buchanan">Buck Buchanan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was selected to the <a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> future All-AFL star <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Ladd" title="Ernie Ladd">Ernie Ladd</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and future AFL All-Star <a href="/wiki/Garland_Boyette" title="Garland Boyette">Garland Boyette</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On offense, as a sophomore he had scoring runs of 87 and 75 yards.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, he was inducted into the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame (along with Boyette).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_football_career">Professional football career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roosevelt_Taylor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional football career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taylor was signed as a free agent by the Chicago Bears in 1961. He would go on to a 14-year NFL career with the Bears (1961-69), 49ers (1969-71) and Redskins (1972).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and future hall of fame tight end, and head coach, Mike Ditka<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were rookies together on the Bears. Taylor's son Brian played briefly for the Bears under coach Ditka in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taylor was a key defensive player on the 1963 Bears NFL championship team, playing free safety (with fellow New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame member <a href="/wiki/Richie_Petitbon" title="Richie Petitbon">Richie Petitbon</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at strong safety). He led the Bears in interceptions with 9 (returning one for a touchdown), and in kick return yardage (while also returning punts). He also had three fumble recoveries.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1963, Taylor was selected first team All-Pro and to the Pro Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Future hall of fame coach <a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_football_coach)" title="George Allen (American football coach)">George Allen</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a defensive assistant coach with the 1963 team, becoming <a href="/wiki/Defensive_coordinator" title="Defensive coordinator">defensive coordinator</a> of the 1964-1965 Bears.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The defense also included future hall of fame defensive end Doug Adkins,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was selected to the <a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and future hall of fame linebacker <a href="/wiki/Bill_George_(linebacker)" title="Bill George (linebacker)">Bill George</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1964 he was selected first team All Conference by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">The Sporting News</a></i>, and second team All Pro by the <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_Enterprise_Association" title="Newspaper Enterprise Association">Newspaper Enterprise Association</a> (NEA);<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1965, he was selected second team All Pro by the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> (AP).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1968, he scored on a 96-yard interception return against the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was selected to the Pro Bowl for a second time that year.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1969 season, the Bears traded him and a 1971 fifth round pick to the 49ers for offensive guard <a href="/wiki/Howard_Mudd" title="Howard Mudd">Howard Mudd</a> (a member of the <a href="/wiki/NFL_All-Decade_Teams" title="NFL All-Decade Teams">NFL's 1960s All Decade Team</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-:5_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor had never missed a game with the Bears, starting 108 of 118 games. He had 23 interceptions and four defensive touchdowns (three on interceptions and one on a fumble) for the Bears over his career.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He started 30 or 34 games played with the 49ers, and in 1970 won the team's <a href="/wiki/Len_Eshmont" title="Len Eshmont">Eshmont</a> Award, given for inspirational and courageous play.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had eight interceptions as a 49er.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the 1972 season, the 49ers traded Taylor to Washington for a future draft pick.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1972 was Taylor's final season in the NFL. He started 14 games for Washington, under his former Bears' defensive coach, George Allen, as part of the Over-the-Hill Gang.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VII" title="Super Bowl VII">Super Bowl VII</a>, where Washington lost 14-7 to the undefeated <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a>, but the defense held Miami hall of fame quarterback <a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Bob Griese</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 88 yards passing, and the Dolphins to 69 net passing yards.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over his full career, Taylor had 32 interceptions, with 486 return yards, 3 interception touchdowns, and 13 fumble recoveries with one touchdown. Early in his Chicago career, he returned 15 punts (one for a touchdown) and 26 kickoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, Taylor was inducted as a member of the Grambling State University Hall of Fame. In 1979, he was made a member of the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame, and in 1996 he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame">Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, <i>The Chicago Tribune</i> ranked him the 43rd best player in Chicago Bears team history.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, to celebrate the team's centennial season, Taylor was named the 56th-greatest player in Bears history by Don Pierson and Dan Pompei.<sup id="cite_ref-Former_Bears_star_safety_Taylor_passes_away_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Former_Bears_star_safety_Taylor_passes_away-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roosevelt_Taylor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After retirement he established the Rosey Taylor Football Camp for underprivileged youth, and had co-sponsored the Rosey Taylor Relays with Clark in his hometown. He was briefly a sportscaster in New Orleans, and owned a number of businesses, most notably the Rosey Taylor Locker Room Lounge, run for two decades and decorated like an actual football locker room.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, the Nazareth Inn Residents Council dedicated its dining hall to Taylor. Louisiana <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Governor Bobby Jindal</a> and State Representative Austin Badon presented Taylor with proclamations declaring July 17, 2012 Roosevelt Taylor Day.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roosevelt_Taylor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taylor died on May 29, 2020, at the age of 82.<sup id="cite_ref-Former_Bears_star_safety_Taylor_passes_away_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Former_Bears_star_safety_Taylor_passes_away-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of his death, he had been 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Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Bulldog_Turner" title="Bulldog Turner">B. Turner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Livingston" title="Howie Livingston">Livingston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Roy_Zimmerman_(American_football)" title="Roy Zimmerman (American football)">Zimmerman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Dudley" title="Bill Dudley">Dudley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Reagan" title="Frank Reagan">Reagan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Frank_Seno" title="Frank Seno">Seno</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Sandifer" title="Dan Sandifer">Sandifer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Nussbaumer" title="Bob Nussbaumer">Nussbaumer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Spec_Sanders" title="Spec Sanders">Sanders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Otto_Schnellbacher" title="Otto Schnellbacher">Schnellbacher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Night_Train_Lane" title="Night Train Lane">Lane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Christiansen" title="Jack Christiansen">Christiansen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Night_Train_Lane" title="Night Train Lane">Lane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Will_Sherman" title="Will Sherman">W. Sherman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Lindon_Crow" title="Lindon Crow">Crow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Butler_(American_football)" title="Jack Butler (American football)">Butler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Christiansen" title="Jack Christiansen">Christiansen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Milt_Davis" title="Milt Davis">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Patton" title="Jimmy Patton">Patton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Milt_Davis" title="Milt Davis">Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_Derby" title="Dean Derby">Derby</a> & <a href="/wiki/Don_Shinnick" title="Don Shinnick">Shinnick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Baker_(American_football)" title="Dave Baker (American football)">Baker</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Norton" title="Jerry Norton">Norton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Lynch" title="Dick Lynch">Lynch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wood" title="Willie Wood">Wood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Lynch" title="Dick Lynch">Lynch</a> & <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Krause" title="Paul Krause">Krause</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Boyd" title="Bobby Boyd">Boyd</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Larry Wilson (American football)">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Lem_Barney" title="Lem Barney">Barney</a> & <a href="/wiki/Dave_Whitsell" title="Dave Whitsell">Whitsell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Williams_(cornerback,_born_1941)" title="Willie Williams (cornerback, born 1941)">W. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Mel_Renfro" title="Mel Renfro">Renfro</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Robinson_(safety)" title="Johnny Robinson (safety)">J. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley_(American_football)" title="Bill Bradley (American football)">Bradley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley_(American_football)" title="Bill Bradley (American football)">Bradley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Anderson" title="Dick Anderson">Anderson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wagner" title="Mike Wagner">Wagner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Thomas" title="Emmitt Thomas">E. Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Mel_Blount" title="Mel Blount">Blount</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Monte_Jackson" title="Monte Jackson">Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Lyle_Blackwood" title="Lyle Blackwood">Blackwood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Thom_Darden" title="Thom Darden">Darden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reinfeldt" title="Mike Reinfeldt">Reinfeldt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Lester_Hayes" title="Lester Hayes">Hayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Everson_Walls" title="Everson Walls">Walls</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Everson_Walls" title="Everson Walls">Walls</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Murphy_(American_football_executive)" title="Mark Murphy (American football executive)">Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Easley" title="Kenny Easley">Easley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Everson_Walls" title="Everson Walls">Walls</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Lott" title="Ronnie Lott">Lott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Wilburn" title="Barry Wilburn">Wilburn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Case_(American_football)" title="Scott Case (American football)">Case</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Felix_Wright" title="Felix Wright">Wright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Carrier_(safety)" title="Mark Carrier (safety)">Carrier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Lott" title="Ronnie Lott">Lott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Jones_(American_football)" title="Henry Jones (American football)">H. Jones</a> & <a href="/wiki/Audray_McMillian" title="Audray McMillian">McMillian</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Nate_Odomes" title="Nate Odomes">Odomes</a> & <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Robinson_(American_football)" title="Eugene Robinson (American football)">E. Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Turner_(American_football)" title="Eric Turner (American football)">E. Turner</a> & <a href="/wiki/Aeneas_Williams" title="Aeneas Williams">A. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Thomas" title="Orlando Thomas">O. Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_Braxton" title="Tyrone Braxton">Braxton</a> & <a href="/wiki/Keith_Lyle" title="Keith Lyle">Lyle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_McNeil_(American_football)" title="Ryan McNeil (American football)">McNeil</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Law" title="Ty Law">Law</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Donnie_Abraham" title="Donnie Abraham">Abraham</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Hasty" title="James Hasty">Hasty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Madison" title="Sam Madison">Madison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troy_Vincent" title="Troy Vincent">Vincent</a> & <a href="/wiki/Rod_Woodson" title="Rod Woodson">R. Woodson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sharper" title="Darren Sharper">Sharper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Ronde_Barber" title="Ronde Barber">Barber</a> & <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Henry_(American_football)" title="Anthony Henry (American football)">Henry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelly_(cornerback)" title="Brian Kelly (cornerback)">Kelly</a> & <a href="/wiki/Rod_Woodson" title="Rod Woodson">R. Woodson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parrish" title="Tony Parrish">Parrish</a> & <a href="/wiki/Brian_Russell" title="Brian Russell">Russell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Reed" title="Ed Reed">Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Law" title="Ty Law">Law</a> & <a href="/wiki/Deltha_O%27Neal" title="Deltha O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Champ_Bailey" title="Champ Bailey">Bailey</a> & <a href="/wiki/Asante_Samuel" title="Asante Samuel">Samuel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Cromartie" title="Antonio Cromartie">Cromartie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Reed" title="Ed Reed">Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Jairus_Byrd" title="Jairus Byrd">Byrd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asante_Samuel" title="Asante Samuel">Samuel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sharper" title="Darren Sharper">Sharper</a> & <a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">C. Woodson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Reed" title="Ed Reed">Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Arrington" title="Kyle Arrington">Arrington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Weddle" title="Eric Weddle">Weddle</a> & <a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">C. Woodson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Jennings" title="Tim Jennings">Jennings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Sherman_(American_football)" title="Richard Sherman (American football)">R. Sherman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Glover_Quin" title="Glover Quin">Quin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Nelson" title="Reggie Nelson">Nelson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Peters" title="Marcus Peters">Peters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Casey_Hayward" title="Casey Hayward">Hayward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Byard" title="Kevin Byard">Byard</a> & <a href="/wiki/Darius_Slay" title="Darius Slay">Slay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Fuller" title="Kyle Fuller">Fuller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xavien_Howard" title="Xavien Howard">Howard</a> & <a href="/wiki/Damontae_Kazee" title="Damontae Kazee">Kazee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Stephon_Gilmore" title="Stephon Gilmore">Gilmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Harris_(safety)" title="Anthony Harris (safety)">Harris</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tre%27Davious_White" title="Tre'Davious White">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Xavien_Howard" title="Xavien Howard">Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Trevon_Diggs" title="Trevon Diggs">Diggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Minkah_Fitzpatrick" title="Minkah Fitzpatrick">Fitzpatrick</a>, <a href="/wiki/C._J._Gardner-Johnson" title="C. 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