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Position: | Halfback | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. | July 4, 1942||||||||||||||
Died: | January 1, 2021 Henderson, Nevada, U.S. | (aged 78)||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Hillhouse (New Haven) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Syracuse (1964–1966) | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1967 / round: 1 / pick: 6 | ||||||||||||||
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Floyd Douglas Little (July 4, 1942 – January 1, 2021)[1] was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Denver Broncos, initially in the American Football League (AFL) and later the National Football League (NFL).[2] He played college football for the Syracuse Orangemen, twice earning All-American honors. Little was the sixth overall selection of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft, the first common draft. He was the first first-round draft pick to sign with the AFL's Broncos, where he was known as "the Franchise". Little was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010.[3]