Claude Hipps | |
Number: | 24 |
Position: | Defensive back |
Birth Date: | 23 April 1927 |
Birth Place: | Hazlehurst, Georgia, U.S. |
Death Place: | West Melbourne, Florida, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lbs: | 189 |
High School: | Waycross (GA) |
College: | Georgia |
Draftyear: | 1952 |
Draftround: | 7 |
Draftpick: | 78 |
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Pfr: | H/HippCl20 |
Claude Marion Hipps (April 23, 1927 May 20, 2017) was an American football defensive back who played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Steelers in the seventh round of the 1952 NFL draft.[1] He played college football at the University of Georgia and attended Waycross High School in Waycross, Georgia.[2] He died in 2017 at the age of 90.[3]