Purchase--Donte "Gold Fingers" Lavelli--NFL--HOF-- (February 23, 1923 – January 20, 2009)

Dante Lavelli on a 1950 football card
No. 56, 86
Position:	End
Personal information
Born:	February 23, 1923 Hudson, Ohio, US
Died:	January 20, 2009 (aged 85) Cleveland, Ohio, US
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	199 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school:	Hudson (Hudson, Ohio)
College:	Ohio State
NFL Draft:	1947 / Round: 10 / Pick: 103 (by the Los Angeles Rams)[1]
Career history
Cleveland Browns (1946–1956)
Career highlights and awards
3× NFL champion (1950, 1954, 1955) First-team All-Pro (1953) 3× Pro Bowl (1951, 1953, 1954) 4× AAFC champion (1946–1949) 2× First-team All-AAFC (1946, 1947) 2× Second-team All-AAFC (1948, 1949) AAFC receiving yards leader (1946) AAFC receptions leader (1946) NFL 1940s All-Decade Team Cleveland Browns Ring of Honor National champion (1942)
Career NFL statistics
Receptions: 386 Receiving yards: 6,488 Receiving touchdowns: 62 Military career Allegiance  United States Service/branch  U.S. Army Years of service 1942–1945 Unit  28th Infantry Division Battles/wars World War II European Theater Normandy Invasion Battle of the Bulge Siege of Bastogne
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame