He also played one season in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) with the Los Angeles Dons.

[2] Wimberly died on September 18, 1976, in Oak Ridge, Louisiana, from injuries he received in the crash of a private Piper aircraft.

He and four other men from Oak Ridge were returning from Baton Rouge where they had attended the LSU – Oregon State football game.

[3] Prior to his death, Abner owned a successful wholesale oil products distribution company in Oak Ridge.

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