He played eight years in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants (1955–1960) and Minnesota Vikings (1961–1962).
[1] He scored the opening touchdown against the Chicago Bears in the 1956 NFL Championship Game, won by the Giants 47–7.
[1] On July 1, 1961, Triplett was traded by the Giants to the Minnesota Vikings as part of a seven-player deal.
[citation needed] Triplett became diabetic and spent the last few months of his life at a Toledo nursing home.
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