Middle Linebacker
No. 54
Oklahoma
"In a moment of inspiration, the public address announcer at Shea Stadium said, 'Tackle by guess who?' and the huge big roared back, 'Wahoo!' With that, 240-pound middle linebacker Wahoo McDaniel became the 'image' player the Jets have been seeking. Maybe he didn't make the 115 tackles with which he was credited, but he made enough of them to revitalize New York's linebacking corps.
Wahoo played with Houston and Denver before coming to the Jets. His real name is Ed, but he uses his Choctaw Indian name of Wahoo. He's an off-season pro wrestler and he played his college ball at Oklahoma."
-Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1965
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