Ed White (American football)

American football player (born 1947)

American football player

Ed White

White with the Chargers c. 1985

No. 62, 67

Position:

Guard

Personal information

Born:

(1947-04-04) April 4, 1947 (age 77)
San Diego, California, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight:

269 lb (122 kg)

Career information

High school:

Helix (La Mesa, California)
Indio (Indio, California)

College:

California (1966–1968)

NFL draft:

1969 / round: 2 / pick: 39

Career history

Minnesota Vikings (1969–1977)
San Diego Chargers (1978–1985)

Career highlights and awards

NFL champion (1969)
4× Second-team All-Pro (1974–1976, 1979)
4× Pro Bowl (1975–1977, 1979)
50 Greatest Vikings
Minnesota Vikings 40th Anniversary Team
Minnesota Vikings 25th Anniversary Team
Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame
San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team
San Diego Chargers 40th Anniversary Team
Consensus All-American (1968)
First-team All-Pac-8 (1968)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	241
Games started:	210
Fumble recoveries:	4
Stats at Pro Football Reference

College Football Hall of Fame

Edward Alvin White (born April 4, 1947) is an American former professional football player who played as a guard in the National Football League (NFL). After retiring from football, White has worked as a coach and artist.

Early life

White grew up in Lemon Grove, California, and attended Helix High School in La Mesa as a freshman before moving to Coachella Valley. He graduated from Indio High School in Indio, California.

College career

White attended the University of California, Berkeley, playing for the California Golden Bears (1966–1968) as a lineman. He was named a consensus All-American player in 1968.

Professional career

White began his professional football career with the Minnesota Vikings after being drafted in the second round of the 1969 AFL/NFL draft. He is one of 11 players to have played in all four Vikings Super Bowl appearances between 1969 and 1976. Before the 1978 season, he was traded to the San Diego Chargers, with whom he played until 1985 when he retired after 17 years and 241 games. Mainly used at offensive guard, he was selected to the Pro Bowl four times. He played as an offensive lineman for the Chargers 1978–85.

After retiring from the NFL, White worked as a football coach.

Awards and honors

Following his retirement, he was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame, University of California Hall of Fame, Breitbard Hall of Fame, East-West Shrine Game Hall of Fame, and the Chargers Hall of Fame. Indio High School named their football field Ed White Stadium in his honor. As a testament to his impact on every team he played on, in 2015 Ed White was selected to the Pac-12 All Century Football team, playing defensive tackle at Cal.

Charger quarterback Dan Fouts has been vocal about endorsing White for the Pro Football Hall of Fame: “When he retired, nobody had played in more games (241) as an offensive lineman than Ed White. They don’t have many statistics for offensive linemen other than Pro Bowls and Super Bowls, but Ed would be a leader. He was one of the most feared offensive linemen in the game. You talk to guys like Howie Long and Matt Millen who had to go against Big Ed. They hated it.” Chargers center/guard Dennis McKnight has called White “probably the best all-around offensive lineman in the league in terms of run blocking and pass blocking.” Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Kyle Turley has called White the best coach he'd ever had.

In 2019, the Professional Football Researchers Association named White to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2019. He was inducted into the California High School Football Hall of Fame in September 2024.

References

"Ed White Art". Ed White Art. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
^ Fox Sports article: "One on one with Kyle Turley Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine." Retrieved 07 May 2008.
"Charger Assistant Coach Ed White Retires". Los Angeles Times. January 19, 1988. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
"PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2019". Retrieved September 14, 2019.
"Five College Football Hall of Famers Among 25 Individuals Selected for California High School Shrine at the Rose Bowl". National Football Foundation. September 11, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.

External links

v t e 1968 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense	QB Terry Hanratty B Chris Gilbert B Leroy Keyes B O. J. Simpson E Jerry LeVias E Ted Kwalick T Dave Foley T George Kunz G Charles Rosenfelder G Jim Barnes G Mike Montler C John Didion
Defense	DL Joe Greene DL Ted Hendricks DL Chuck Kyle DL Bill Stanfill DL Ed White DL John Zook LB Steve Kiner LB Dennis Onkotz LB Mike Ballou DB Jake Scott DB Roger Wehrli DB Al Worley

v t e Minnesota Vikings 1969 NFL draft selections
Ed White Volly Murphy Mike McCaffrey Jim Barnes Mike O'Shea Cornelius Davis Marion Bates Harris Wood Tom Fink Tom McCauley Brian Dowling Noel Jenke Jim Moylan Tommy Head Eugene Mosley Wendell Housley

v t e Minnesota Vikings 1969 NFL champions
11 Joe Kapp 14 Fred Cox 15 Gary Cuozzo 19 Bob Lee 20 Bobby Bryant 21 Jim Lindsey 22 Paul Krause 26 Clinton Jones 27 Bob Grim 29 Karl Kassulke 30 Bill Brown 32 Oscar Reed 35 Billy Harris 40 Charlie West 41 Dave Osborn 45 Ed Sharockman 46 Earsell Mackbee 49 Dale Hackbart 50 Jim Hargrove 52 Mike Reilly 53 Mick Tingelhoff 55 Mike McGill 58 Wally Hilgenberg 59 Lonnie Warwick 60 Roy Winston 62 Ed White 63 Jim Vellone 64 Milt Sunde 66 Bookie Bolin 67 Grady Alderman 70 Jim Marshall 71 Doug Davis 73 Ron Yary 74 Steve Smith 76 Paul Dickson 77 Gary Larsen 80 John Henderson 81 Carl Eller 84 Gene Washington 86 Tom Hall 88 Alan Page
Head coach: Bud Grant
Coaches: Jerry Burns Bob Hollway Bus Mertes John Michels Jack Patera

v t e San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team
Offense	QB Fouts Hadl Humphries Rivers RB Lincoln P. Lowe Means Muncie Tomlinson WR Alworth Chandler Garrison Jefferson Joiner TE Gates Winslow T Mix Washington Wright G Dielman Sweeney White Wilkerson C Hardwick Macek
Defense	DE Dean Faison O’Neal DT Johnson Kelcher Ladd Williams LB Allen W. Lowe Merriman Seau Smith DB Buchanon Byrd Harrison Jammer McNeil
Special teams	K Benirschke Carney KR Duncan Sproles P Bennett Scifres ST Bauer Osgood
Coaches	Coryell Gillman Ross

v t e Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame
Chuck Allen Lance Alworth Bobby Beathard Rolf Benirschke Darren Bennett Frank Buncom Gill Byrd Wes Chandler Don Coryell Fred Dean Speedy Duncan Earl Faison Dan Fouts Gary Garrison Antonio Gates Sid Gillman John Hadl Barron Hilton Stan Humphries Gary "Big Hands" Johnson Charlie Joiner Emil Karas Louie Kelcher Ernie Ladd Bob Laraba Keith Lincoln Paul Lowe Don Macek Jacque MacKinnon Ron Mix Leslie O'Neal George Pernicano Bobby Ross Junior Seau Walt Sweeney LaDainian Tomlinson Russ Washington Ed White Doug Wilkerson Jamal Williams Kellen Winslow

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