Rufus Deal
American football player
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| Intro | American football player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | American football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 7 December 1917 | |
| Death | 14 March 2005 (aged 87 years) |
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Rufus Copeland Deal (December 7, 1917 – March 14, 2005) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Auburn University and was drafted in the third round of the 1942 NFL Draft.
An Alabama native, Copeland attended high school in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.