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Bobby Franklin Biography

Bobby Franklin is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on October 5, 1936 in Clarksdale, United States. Bobby Ray Franklin (born October 5th 1935) was a former safety on the football team of the Cleveland Browns. He was the quarterback at Ole Miss in college, and was also the head coach of the football team for Northwest Mississippi Community College. He was named to seven Halls of Fame for his athletic and coaching achievements.

The Browns employed Franklin as a defensive backfield, in which Franklin played right safety. Before joining the team as a rookie and playing at the College All-Star Game. Franklin was the leading player for in the Browns by intercepting eight passes in the year 1960 and finished third in league. Three of them occurred in one game and two of them were returned for touchdowns of 31 yards and 37 yards in a win of 42-0 against The Chicago Bears on December 11 the day the Browns took seven interceptions in defeat, handing the Bears their most humiliating defeat. Two touchdowns were a single-game record for the team till David Bowens repeated the feat in 2010.

In 1961, the Browns employed Franklin as a kickoff specialist in addition to his defensive duties.

He was a member of the 1964 world’s championship Browns team that defeated the Baltimore Colts, 27-0 and paired with Groza for three extra points and two field goals in the game. Franklin, who served as Cleveland’s backup punter throughout his career with the team, punted four times for the Browns in 1965 and appeared in that season’s championship game against the Green Bay Packers, which the Browns lost, 23-12.

Franklin who was also the holder of field goals as well as extra point at Ole Miss, performed the same role throughout his time in Cleveland and was a team player together with players like kickers Baker (1960) as well as Hall of Hall of Famer Lou Groza (1961-1966). In his first season when he scored his first touchdown on an 18-yard run through a field goal that was fake during the Browns last exhibition game which ended in a 14-10 win at home against the Detroit Lions. The feat was repeated during a league game in 1961 in which the Browns played St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis Cardinals, running 12 yards to score in a victory of 21-0.

Name	Bobby Franklin
First Name	Bobby
Last Name	Franklin
Occupation	American Football Player
Birthday	October 5
Birth Year	1936
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Home Town	Clarksdale
Birth Country	United States
Birth Sign	Libra
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In 1968, Franklin joined the Dallas Cowboys coaching staff under Tom Landry, serving as defensive backfield coach for four seasons (1968-1971) and as special teams coach in 1972. He coached in Super Bowl V and Super Bowl VI, earning his second NFL Championship ring in the second game.

Bobby Franklin Net Worth

Bobby Franklin is one of the richest American Football Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bobby Franklin's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Franklin was sought out by the two schools, Mississippi State and Ole Miss. He decided to go to Ole Miss and was provided with a full scholarship. He enrolled at Ole Miss from 1956 until 1960. He was a star the quarterback position for the Rebels and helped lead the team to three consecutive bowl appearances. He was awarded MVP honors during the 1958 Gator Bowl, in which his team beat LSU’s Florida Gators 7-3. He also was named the MVP of the 1960 Sugar Bowl, throwing two touchdown passes in a 21-1 victory when the second-ranked Rebels defeated the national champions, who were defending their title in the third-ranked LSU. Franklin was injured during the season, and was replaced in the starting lineup with Jake Gibbs. LSU beat the Rebels in the regular season match on October 31 7-3. The only touchdown was recorded on Billy Cannon’s famed “Halloween Run” punt return.

When he joined in the Browns, Franklin was reunited with her former Ole Miss teammate, guard Gene Hickerson, drafted by the Browns in the year 1957. They became lifelong buddies and Franklin gave the acceptance speeches on behalf Hickerson when he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007. Hickerson who was suffering from dementia was unable to deliver an acceptance speech of his own.

Franklin was an 11th round selection by the Cleveland Browns in the 1960 NFL Draft, and was also selected by the Los Angeles Chargers of the newly-formed American Football League. The Browns also selected Ole Miss teammates Johnny Brewer in the fourth round and offensive lineman/placekicker Robert Khayat in the sixth round. Brewer played for the Browns until 1967 as a tight end and linebacker. Khayat never played for the Browns as he was packaged with offensive tackle Fran O’Brien in an April 1960 trade with the Washington Redskins for running back/placekicker Sam Baker. Khayat played for Washington through 1963, primarily as a placekicker. He achieved greater fame by returning to the University of Mississippi in 1995 as its 15th Chancellor.

Net Worth	$5 Million
Salary	Under Review
Source of Income	American Football Player
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House	Living in own house.

After retiring as a player, he coached at Georgia Tech and then became the defensive backs and special teams for the Dallas Cowboys from 1968 to 1972. He later coached for the Baltimore Colts and scouted for the Seattle Seahawks. He served as a college coach for Northwest Mississippi Community College for 26 years, 24 of those as the team’s head coach.

He served as the defensive backfield coach of the Baltimore Colts for the 1973 season and scouted for the Seattle Seahawks from 1980-1985.

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Exposed by the Browns in the 1966 NFL Expansion Draft to stock the new Atlanta Falcons franchise, Franklin was selected along with teammates Larry Benz and Dale Memmelaar. Released by Atlanta prior to the start of the regular season, Franklin joined Georgia Tech as a freshman coach. He rejoined the Browns in late September. He remained with the team through the rest of the season after which he announced his retirement to rejoin the coaching staff at Georgia Tech.

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Franklin purchased Best Dollar Store in Tunica, Mississippi and operated it as Bobby Franklin’s Dollar Store for three years before accepting an offer to join the coaching staff of Northwest Mississippi Community College in 1979. He served as offensive coordinator for two seasons under head coach Ray Poole. He was named head coach in 1981, a post he held for 24 years, leading the Rangers to eight bowl games, finishing with a record of 201-57-6 before retiring after the 2004 season. Under Franklin, the team won the National Junior College Athletic Association championship in 1982 and 1992 and was runner-up in 1991. As head coach, Franklin helped to develop 35 players who went on to have careers in the National Football League and/or Canadian Football League. Franklin was named to the school’s Hall of Fame in 2003. The school named its football stadium Bobby Franklin Field in tribute to Franklin in 2005.

Facts & Trivia

Bobby Ranked on the list of most popular American Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bobby Franklin celebrates birthday on October 5 of every year.

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