Dan Birdwell (October 14, 1940 – February 14, 1978) was an American college and professional football player.
A defensive lineman, he played collegiately for the University of Houston and professionally for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL) from 1962 to 1969.
In that season, the front four of Birdwell, Keating, Ike Lassiter, and Ben Davidson combined for impressive totals of 67 sacks and 666 yards lost; unofficially, Birdwell had 14.5 sacks, a career high that topped his ten from the previous season.
It was reported that he had previously had been ill since with fever, aches and pains and other flu‐like symptoms days prior to his death.
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