Guy Dennis

Guy Dennis

No. 63, 60
Position:	Guard, center
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1947-02-28) February 28, 1947
Place of birth:	Walnut Hill, Florida
Height:
Weight:
Career information
High school:	Walnut Hill (FL) Ernest Ward
College:	Florida
NFL draft:	1969 / Round: 5 / Pick: 109
Career history
Cincinnati Bengals (1969–1972) Detroit Lions (1973–1975)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-SEC (1967, 1968) First-team All-American (1968) University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 89 Games started: 13 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Guy Durell Dennis (born February 28, 1947) is an American former college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1960s and 1970s. Dennis played college football for the University of Florida, and received All-American honors. Thereafter, he played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Detroit Lions of the NFL.

Early life

Dennis was born in Walnut Hill, Florida in 1947, and he attended Ernest Ward High School in Walnut Hill.

College career

Dennis received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played guard for coach Ray Graves' Florida Gators football team from 1966 to 1968. He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1967 and 1968, a first-team All-American in 1968, and a team captain in 1968. He was also the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, recognizing the "senior football player who displays outstanding leadership, character and courage."

While he was an undergraduate, Dennis was initiated as a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity (Alpaha Eta Chapter). He graduated from Florida with bachelor's degree in 1970, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great."

Professional career

The Cincinnati Bengals selected Dennis in the fifth round (109th pick overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft. He played professional football as a center, offensive guard and offensive tackle for four seasons for the Bengals (1969–1972) and three seasons for the Detroit Lions (1973–1975), In his seven-year NFL career, Dennis played eighty-nine games and started thirteen of them. He was also traded to San Diego Chargers and played preseason before retiring.

See also

• 1968 College Football All-America Team
• Florida Gators football, 1960–69
• History of the Cincinnati Bengals
• List of Detroit Lions players
• List of Florida Gators football All-Americans
• List of Florida Gators football players in the NFL
• List of Pi Kappa Alpha brothers
• List of University of Florida alumni

Bibliography

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• Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
• Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). ISBN 1-58261-514-4.
• McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). ISBN 978-0-7385-0559-6.
• McEwen, Tom, The Gators: A Story of Florida Football, The Strode Publishers, Huntsville, Alabama (1974). ISBN 0-87397-025-X.
• Nash, Noel, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). ISBN 1-57167-196-X.