{{Short description|American football player (born 1946)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Dean Halverson | number = 56, 59 | position = Linebacker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|8|24}} | birth_place = Olympia, Washington, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 230 | high_school = Olympia | college = Washington (1964-1967) | draftyear = 1968 | draftround = 13 | draftpick = 351 | pastteams = * Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1968}}) * Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1970}}) * Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1971|1972}}) * Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1973|1975}}) | highlights = * First-team All-Pac-8 (1967) | statlabel1 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue1 = 3 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 1.0 | pfr = HalvDe20 }}
'''Dean Halverson''' (August 24, 1946) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons, and Philadelphia Eagles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HalvDe20.htm|title = Dean Halverson Stats| website=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}</ref>
Born and raised in Olympia, Washington, Halverson played college football for the Washington Huskies in Seattle under head coach Jim Owens.<ref name=prbstlup>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gvsoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3951%2C3079046 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |title=Probable starting lineups |date=October 13, 1967 |page=3B}}</ref><ref name=apcusl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kjlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G-kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1910%2C3322321 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Huskies-Cougars: probable starters |date=November 25, 1967 |page=8}}</ref> He was selected in the 13th round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft by the Rams with the 351st overall pick.
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==External links== * {{Football stats |nfl=2515675 |cfl= |afl= |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |fox= |si= |pfr=HalvDe20 |dbf= |rotoworld=}} {{Los Angeles Rams 1968 draft navbox}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halverson, Dean}} Category:1946 births Category:American football linebackers Category:Los Angeles Rams players Category:Atlanta Falcons players Category:Philadelphia Eagles players Category:Washington Huskies football players Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Olympia, Washington Category:Players of American football from Washington (state) Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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