Claude Humphrey

Claude Humphrey, American football player (died 2021)

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Born: June 29, 1944
Died: December 3, 2021
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1944

About Claude Humphrey

Claude B. Humphrey (June 29, 1944 – December 3, 2021) was an American professional football player who played as a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles. Humphrey was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. He played college football for the Tennessee A&I Tigers. == Early life == Humphrey was born on June 29, 1944, in Memphis, to Dosie and Millie (Mays) Humphrey. He grew up in a "shotgun house". He attended Lester High School in Memphis. Humphrey played football, basketball, ran the low hurdles and excelled in the shot put in high school. He held the Tennessee high school record in the shot put for almost four decades. His high school basketball team finished as state runners-up twice. == College career == Humphrey attended Tennessee State University (TSU), an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Nashville.

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Career and life highlights

Tennessee State was twice HBCU national champion with Humphrey, winning the Grantland Rice Bowl in 1965 and 1966; while achieving an overall 35–3–1 record during his tenure.
Humphrey's 39 sacks were a school record at the time of his graduation, and this still ranked fifth at the time of his death.

Claude Humphrey timeline

1965Tennessee State was twice HBCU national champion with Humphrey, winning the Grantland Rice Bowl in 1965 and 1966; while achieving an overall 35–3–1 record during his tenure.
2014Humphrey was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

The world when Claude Humphrey was born

Claude Humphrey was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

#1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
Top movieGoing My Way
Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
Defining fadBobby socks
Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Claude Humphrey's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1944	2026
Gas	$0.21	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,800	$435,000
Average income	$4,200	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.30	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.27	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	138.4M	341 million

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