(1956-07-05) July 5, 1956 (age 67) LaRue, Texas, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:
220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:
Bishop Gorman (Tyler, Texas)
College:
Oklahoma
NFL draft:
1980 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26
Career history
Green Bay Packers (1980–1985)
Buffalo Bills (1986)
Philadelphia Eagles (1987)
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-Pro (1982)
Unanimous All-American (1979)
2× First-team All-American (1977, 1978)
2× Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year (1977, 1979)
3× First-team All-Big Eight (1977, 1978, 1979)
Career NFL statistics
Sacks:
5.5
Fumble recoveries:
6
Interceptions:
5
Player stats at PFR
George Edward Cumby (born July 5, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, thrice earning All-American honors, including a unanimous selection in 1979. A first-round pick in the 1980 NFL Draft, Cumby played professionally for the Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, and Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. He was an athletic director and head football coach for Bishop Thomas K. Gorman Catholic School in Tyler, Texas. In 2016, he served as director of recruitment at Jacksonville College (TX).[1]
Cumby has coached college football at Texas College, and Tyler Junior College. He has coached at his alma mater Tyler- Bishop T.K . Gorman for two stints and at All Saints Episcopal School in Tyler.
Ordained to preach several years ago in Houston, Cumby is currently the pastor of Noonday Methodist Church, 17320 state Hwy 155, Flint, Tx.
^Correspondent, Doc Smith Sports. "Former NFL star takes reins at JC as director of recruitment". Daily Progress Jacksonville, TX. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
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