Don Boll
American football player (1927-2001)
Donald Elroy Boll (July 16, 1927 – December 29, 2001) was an American professional football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Nebraska and was selected in the fourth round of the 1953 NFL draft.
“Don Boll” enters the record as american football player (1927-2001). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Boll, American and football can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Don Boll” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Boll, American and football provides the most credible route into that argument.
The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5292246. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1927, 2001 and 1953.
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