Darris McCord

Darris McCord
	McCord in Detroit Lions uniform; (Photo from The Detroit News)
No. 78
Position:	Defensive end, defensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	January 4, 1933; Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died:	October 9, 2013 (aged 80); Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school:	Franklin; (Franklin, Tennessee)
College:	Tennessee
NFL draft:	1955 / Round: 3 / Pick: 36
Career history
	Detroit Lions (1955–1967);
Career highlights and awards
	NFL championship (1957); Pro Bowl (1957); First-team All-American (1954); First-team All-SEC (1954);
	Player stats at PFR

Darris Paul McCord (January 4, 1933 – October 9, 2013) was an American football player. He played college football for the University of Tennessee where he was selected by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) as a first-team All-American tackle in 1954. He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL), principally as a defensive end for the Detroit Lions for 13 years from 1955 to 1967. He was a member of the 1957 Detroit Lions team that won the NFL championship and was selected to play in the Pro Bowl that year. At the time of his retirement, his 168 games with the Lions was a franchise record.

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