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Position: | Center/ tackle | ||||
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Born: | Algona, Iowa, U.S. | November 1, 1945||||
Died: | September 25, 2001 | (aged 55)||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
Weight: | 258 lb (117 kg) | ||||
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College: | Notre Dame | ||||
NFL draft: | 1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12 | ||||
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Paul Herman Seiler (November 1, 1945 – September 25, 2001) [1] was an American football offensive lineman who played in the American (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets and Oakland Raiders.
Born in Algona, Iowa, [2] Seiler played college football at the University of Notre Dame and was a member of the school's 1966 team that won the national championship. [3] After playing for a combined 59 minutes in 1964 and 1965 as a backup, he was Notre Dame's starting right tackle in 1966, his senior year. [4] In the 1967 NFL Draft, the Jets selected him with the 12th overall pick. Seiler played in two games for the Jets in the 1967 AFL season, [2] but a leg injury led the Jets to put him on a "waived injured list". [5] In 1968, he joined the United States Army and did not play that season. [2] [6] Seiler returned to the Jets in 1969, playing in 11 games. [2] After undergoing offseason leg surgery, [7] the Jets released Seiler before the start of the 1970 season. [8] From 1971 to 1973, Seiler played for the Raiders. He played in 26 games, starting once in 1973, his last NFL season. [2]
Seiler was married and had one stepson. After his football career, he lived in the West Coast region and eventually became a church minister in California. On September 25, 2001, Seiler died of colon cancer at the age of 55. [2] [4]