American football players buried in Florida
Wikidata records 27 football players as buried in 15 of the cemeteries we list in Florida. Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell holds the most, with 6. Florida has the 19th highest count of any state, out of 1,537 nationally.
People with American football player among their recorded occupations.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
American football players buried in Florida
- John Acosta1898-1929American football playerOaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
- Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith1882-1939American football playerOaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
- Arthur Tipton1882-1942American football player, U.S. Army officerEvergreen Cemetery, Gainesville, FL
- Earle Taylor1891-1955American football playerEvergreen Cemetery, Gainesville, FL
- Jim Dufft1896-1960American football playerGreenwood Cemetery, Orlando, FL
- Oliver Kuhn1898-1968American football playerMyrtle Hill Memorial Park, East Lake-Orient Park, FL
- Doug Belden1927-1972American football player, quarterbackMyrtle Hill Memorial Park, East Lake-Orient Park, FL
- Stanley McCollum1897-1973American football playerPine Forest Cemetery, Mount Dora, FL
- Red Dawson1906-1983American football player and coachHighland Memorial Park, Ocala, FL
- Ham Dowling1895-1986American football player, engineerRoselawn Cemetery, Tallahassee, FL
- Bobby Joe Green1936-1993American football player, punter, running backEvergreen Cemetery, Gainesville, FL
- Rodney Culver1969-1996American football running backCaballero Rivero Woodlawn South Cemetery, The Crossings, FL
- Tuffy Thompson1914-2000American football playerOaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
- Bob Hayes1942-2002American football player and sprinterEdgewood Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
- Earl Brown1915-2003American football and basketball player and coachFlorida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
- Sean Taylor1983-2007American football player, defensive back, safetyCaballero Rivero Woodlawn South Cemetery, The Crossings, FL
- Mike Holovak1919-2008American football player, coach, executiveFlorida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
- Eric Laakso1956-2010American football playerMenorah Gardens, Weston, FL
- George Terlep1923-2010American football player and coach, Canadian football coachFlorida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
- Broughton Williams1922-2011American football playerFlorida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
- Dick Yelvington1928-2013American football playerClifton Cemetery, De Leon Springs, FL
- Blackjack Mulligan1942-2016American professional wrestler and American football playerFlorida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
- Bob Summerhays1927-2017American football fullback, linebackerFlorida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
- Thomas Kent Wetherell1945-2018American politicianPinewood Cemetery, Daytona Beach, FL
- Al Frazier1935-2018American football playerJacksonville National Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
- Don Shula1930-2020American football player and coachOur Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery, Doral, FL
- Dave Lewis1954-2020American football playerMyrtle Hill Memorial Park, East Lake-Orient Park, FL
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1920s1
- 1930s1
- 1940s1
- 1950s1
- 1960s2
- 1970s2
- 1980s2
- 1990s2
- 2000s5
- 2010s8
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 27 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Florida National Cemetery · Bushnell, FL6
- Evergreen Cemetery · Gainesville, FL3
- Myrtle Hill Memorial Park · East Lake-Orient Park, FL3
- Oaklawn Cemetery · Jacksonville, FL3
- Caballero Rivero Woodlawn South Cemetery · The Crossings, FL2
- Roselawn Cemetery · Tallahassee, FL1
- Jacksonville National Cemetery · Jacksonville, FL1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Orlando, FL1
- Edgewood Cemetery · Jacksonville, FL1
- Highland Memorial Park · Ocala, FL1
- Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery · Doral, FL1
- Pine Forest Cemetery · Mount Dora, FL1
- Menorah Gardens · Weston, FL1
- Pinewood Cemetery · Daytona Beach, FL1
- Clifton Cemetery · De Leon Springs, FL1
Other notable burials in Florida
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.