John Ward
American football player
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| Intro | American football player | ||||||
| A.K.A. | John Henry Ward | ||||||
| A.K.A. | John Henry Ward | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| was | American football player | ||||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||||
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| Birth | 27 May 1948, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA | ||||||
| Death | 4 December 2012Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA (aged 64 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Gemini | ||||||
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John Henry Ward (May 27, 1948 – December 4, 2012) was a National Football League (NFL) center, defensive end and guard who played from 1970 to 1976 for the Minnesota Vikings, the Chicago Bears and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played high school football at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and was the Vikings' first round pick in the 1970 NFL Draft. Ward was also a wrestler at Oklahoma State, where he earned NCAA All-American honors in 1969. Ward died of cancer on December 4, 2012.