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American football linebacker
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Male
Place of birth
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
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Age
65 years
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Height:
75 in
Weight:
235 lbs
Education
North Forsyth High School
Sports Teams
Calgary Stampeders
North Carolina Tar Heels football
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Biography
Darrell Nicholson (born August 23, 1959) is a former American football linebacker. After a career at North Carolina, where he earned first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 1980 when the Tar Heels finished 11–1 and won the ACC with a 6–0 record, Nicholson was selected by the New York Giants in the 1982 NFL Draft. After only one season, he joined the Toronto Argonauts and helped the team win the 71st Grey Cup.
In his junior season at UNC, where he was a teammate of Lawrence Taylor, Nicholson led the Tar Heels in tackles with 75 solos and 42 assists. He had been the ACC Rookie of the Year in 1978.
His sons A. J. Nicholson and Derek Nicholson played for the Florida State Seminoles.
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