Don Perkins (running back, born 1917)

Don Perkins
Date of birth (1917-09-08)September 8, 1917
Place of birth Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Date of death September 24, 1998(1998-09-24) (aged 81)
Career information
Position(s) Running back
College University of Wisconsin–Platteville
Career history
As player
1943–1945 Green Bay Packers
1945–1946 Chicago Bears
Career stats

Don Perkins (September 8, 1917 – September 24, 1998) was a professional American football player who played running back for four seasons for the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears.[1][2]

When Don Perkins' NFL career was over, he and his wife, Doris, settled in Waukegan, Illinois. Don worked for Abbott Laboratories, Doris as a third grade school teacher, and together they raised five kids. They moved to southern Missouri after retirement, where Doris and some of their children still live.One of their children moved to Maryland and was married to Susan Bildstein where they have three children One son another son and then a. Daughter.The middle child got married to Michelle Raley and had three kids One son Jackson Perkins one daughter Leah Perkins and another son Grant Perkins and now they still live in Maryland.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PerkDo20.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.nfl.com/players/donperkins/profile?id=PER174750
  3. ↑ Oates "Dodgeville star won titles with both the Packers and Bears in the 1940s" Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2011, http://host.madison.com/sports/columnists/tom_oates/article_2b98f656-26aa-11e0-b709-001cc4c002e0.html


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