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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Date of birth: | April 21, 1939 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Winchester, Tennessee | ||||||||
| Date of death: | July 28, 2015 (aged 76) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Cheyenne, Wyoming | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| College: | North Carolina | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1961 / Round: 2 / Pick: 15 | ||||||||
| AFL draft: | 1961 / Round: 2 / Pick: 10 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Games played–started: | 70–66 |
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| Interceptions: | 12 |
| Touchdowns: | 3 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Ross Cooper "Rip" Hawkins (April 21, 1939 – July 28, 2015) was a professional American football player. He played five seasons in the National Football League with the Minnesota Vikings. He died in 2015; at the time of his death, he had Lewy body dementia.