(
January 21 ,
1941 -
November 3 ,
1996 ) was an
American Football Center in the
NFL for the
Philadelphia Eagles and
Pittsburgh Steelers .
Mansfield grew up in
Kennewick, Washington and attended
Kennewick High School . He played
College Football at the
University Of Washington from 1960 to 1962. In 1961 he was a member of the Huskies team that won the
Rose Bowl 17-7 against the
University Of Minnesota . In 1962 he participated in the
East-West Shrine Game . He is a member of the UW Athletic Hall of Fame. He was drafted in the
1963 NFL Draft by the Eagles and played for them for one season.
Mansfield moved to the Steelers in 1964 and was their starting center through the 1976 season. He was a member of the Steelers'
Super Bowl -winning teams in 1974 and 1975. In his last season as a Steeler, he kicked the
Extra Point on the Steelers' final touchdown in a playoff game after
Roy Gerela pulled a groin muscle.
Mansfield went on to a successful career as an insurance broker. He died in November 1996 while hiking in the
Grand Canyon .
- [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MANSFRAY01 Statistics at databasefootball.com]
- [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/specialreports/10year/s_105329.html ''Souls who enriched our lives, our region'', Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Dec. 1, 2002, accessed 12/07/2006]
- [http://www.kaibab.org/misc/gc_rm.htm ''Grand Canyon claims the life of Ray Mansfield'']
