{{Short description|American football player (born 1950)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Danny Colbert | image = | number = 46 | position = Defensive back | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|12|15}} | birth_place = Corsicana, Texas, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = 175 | high_school = South Oak Cliff {{nowrap|(Dallas, Texas)}} | college = Tulsa | draftyear = 1974 | draftround = 9 | draftpick = 210 | pastteams = * San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1974}}–{{NFL Year|1976}}) | pfr = C/ColbDa20 }}
'''Danny Joel Colbert''' (born December 15, 1950) is an American former professional football player.
==Early life== Colbert was born in Corsicana, Texas, grew up in Dallas, Texas and graduated from South Oak Cliff High School in 1969. In high school, he starred in the long jump as well in football at running back and defensive back.
At one 1969 national track meet in California, Colbert's long jump was 23 feet, 6.5 inches.<ref>{{Cite news |title=ATHLETICS TRACK 1969 |url=https://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/1969/gwi_res.pdf}}</ref>
A 2013 article from ''Dallas Morning News'' concluded that South Oak Cliff High School (SOC) had produced the most talented defensive backs of any single high school in the prior 60 years of Dallas-area football. To demonstrate their point, they listed 5 players from recent decades: Colbert, along with Egypt Allen, Michael Downs, Alcy Jackson, and Rod Jones. In 1984, that same newspaper mentioned Colbert while creating an all-time Dallas-area high school all-star team. On that hypothetical team, drawn from players from all area high schools over the preceding 60 years, Colbert was on the honorable mention team.<ref>[https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-dallas-morning-news/20130825/282836483737255 The best: South Oak Cliff], pressreader.com.</ref>
==College career== Colbert first enrolled at Texas Christian University, where the ''New York Times'' called him a "standout" on the team <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/11/archives/okla-state-wins-from-tcu-3420.html|title = Okla. State Wins from T.c.u., 34-20|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 11 October 1970}}</ref>
Colbert transferred to the University of Tulsa, where he played his final two years of college football.
One organization concluded that Colbert was one of Tulsa's best football players, all time, at both defensive back and punt returner.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://ainsworthsports.com/football_player_rankings_by_college_ok_tulsa.htm| title=Top Ranked Tulsa Golden Hurricanes All Time| publisher=ainsworthsports.com| accessdate=July 9, 2021| archive-date=July 10, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710173359/http://ainsworthsports.com/football_player_rankings_by_college_ok_tulsa.htm| url-status=live}}</ref>
==Professional career==
Colbert was drafted in the ninth round of the 1974 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers.
He played with the Chargers for 3 seasons as a defensive back as well as a punt and kick returner.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/colb00200.html | title=Danny Colbert Stats - Pro Football Archives | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=September 3, 2014 | archive-date=September 4, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904130355/http://www.profootballarchives.com/colb00200.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/players.nsf/ID/05580210|title = Danny Colbert}}</ref>
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