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vcard" style="width:23em"><caption class="infobox-title fn">Mel Triplett</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background: #DCDCDC; color: none; font-weight: bold;">No. 33</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1930-12-24</span>)</span>December 24, 1930<br /><a href="/wiki/Indianola,_Mississippi" title="Indianola, Mississippi">Indianola, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">July 25, 2002<span style="display:none">(2002-07-25)</span> (aged 71)<br /><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr style="background: #ACACAC; color: #000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/American_football_positions" title="American football positions">Position(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">Running back</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">College</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Toledo_Rockets_football" title="Toledo Rockets football">Toledo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NFL_draft" title="NFL draft">NFL draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_draft" title="1955 NFL draft">1955</a>, round: 5, pick: 56</td></tr><tr style="background: #DCDCDC; color: none;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career history</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">As player</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2;">1955–1960</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2;">1961–1962</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2;"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background: #ACACAC; color: #000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/NFL_Championship_game" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Championship game">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1955 NFL Championship Game">1955</a>, <a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1956 NFL Championship Game">1956</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toledo_Rockets_football#Retired_numbers" title="Toledo Rockets football">Toledo Rockets No. 82</a> retired</li></ul></div> </td></tr><tr style="background: #DCDCDC; color: none;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career stats</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Playing stats at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=TRI302028">NFL.com</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Melvin C. Triplett</b> (December 24, 1930 – July 25, 2002)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) who played for eight seasons for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a>. He played high school football at Girard High School in <a href="/wiki/Girard,_Ohio" title="Girard, Ohio">Girard, Ohio</a>. He graduated from Girard in 1951 and was inducted into the Girard Hall of Fame in 1997. He played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toledo" title="University of Toledo">University of Toledo</a> and was drafted by the Giants in the <a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_draft" title="1955 NFL draft">1955 NFL draft</a>, where he played for six seasons. He scored the opening <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdown</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Championship_Game,_1956" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Championship Game, 1956">1956 championship game</a>, won by the Giants 47–7. He was named New York's outstanding offensive player in the game. He left the Giants for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a>, where he played in 1961 and 1962. Including both teams, he totaled 2,857 yards and 14 touchdowns in his NFL career. </p><p>Among the fans of Mel Triplett during his days on the New York Giants was a young basketball player in New York named Lew Alcindor, later <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>. Abdul-Jabbar says in his 1983 memoir <i><a href="/wiki/Giant_Steps_(book)" title="Giant Steps (book)">Giant Steps</a></i> that it was largely Triplett's wearing of uniform No. 33 that made Abdul-Jabbar adopt No. 33 as well, a number he made famous. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Triplett&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFrank_Litsky2002" class="citation web cs1">Frank Litsky (July 27, 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/27/sports/mel-triplett-71-helped-giants-win-56-title.html">"Mel Triplett, 71; Helped Giants Win '56 Title"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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