Mel Branch
American football player (1937–1992)
American football player
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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Born: | (1937-02-15)February 15, 1937 Leesville, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
Died: | April 21, 1992(1992-04-21) (aged 55) DeRidder, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | DeRidder | ||||||||
College: | LSU | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1960 / round: 10 / pick: 118 | ||||||||
AFL draft: | 1960 / round: Second selections | ||||||||
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Melvin Leroy Branch (February 15, 1937 – April 21, 1992) was an American football defensive end who played for the Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League (AFL).
While playing college football for the LSU Tigers, he was a member of the "Chinese Bandits" defense for the 1958 national champion team, and a starter for the Texans in their victory over the Houston Oilers in the longest professional football game played up to that time, the 1962 AFL Championship Game.
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1958 LSU Tigers football—AP & UPI national champions
- 12 Warren Rabb
- 20 Billy Cannon
- 34 Johnny Robinson
- 40 J.W. Brodnax
- 44 Tommy Davis
- 51 Max Fugler
- 75 Mel Branch
- 86 Mickey Mangham
- Head coach: Paul Dietzel
- Assistant coaches: Raymond Didier
- Larry Jones
- Carl Maddox
- Charles McClendon
- Bill Peterson
- Abner Wimberly
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