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Preston Pearson

American football player
Person Human Q4845854

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
January 17, 1945
Place of birth
Freeport
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
American football player, basketball player
Educated at
University of Illinois System, Freeport High School, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[7][8][9]
Family name
Pearson[18]
Given name
Preston[19]
Height
+73[20]
League or competition
NCAA Division I men's basketball
Mass
+205[21]
Member of
Kappa Alpha Psi[10]
Member of sports team
Baltimore Colts, Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers, Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball[12][13][14]
Native language
English[6]
Position played on team / speciality
running back[15]
Sport
American football, basketball[16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Preston James Pearson en Preston Pearson ar برستون بيرسون
🔖 Identifiers · 14
ISNI
0000000025311746
VIAF cluster ID
58039284
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85049666
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Preston Pearson 2012.JPG ↗
FAST ID
146808
Freebase ID
/m/0b4ms3
HAND ID
63D9-10C5-7D5F-934A-A816
NFL.com player ID
preston-pearson
NFL.com player ID (former scheme)
2522937
NUKAT ID
n2012064887
Pro Football Reference player ID
P/PearPr00
Sports Reference college basketball player ID
preston-pearson-1
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Trading Card Database name ID
12107
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJv8Hkw6RgcxyhPFjBT8md

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🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 3
Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Colts
Educated at 2
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois System
Sport 2
basketball, American football
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Pearson
Instance of 1
human
Native language 1
English
Occupation 1
basketball player
Place of birth 1
Freeport
Position played on team / speciality 1
running back
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Preston Pearson was born on January 17, 1945[1], in Freeport[2]. He has worked as an American football player[3] and basketball player[4].

FAQs

Where was Preston Pearson born?

Preston Pearson was born in Freeport[2].

What did Preston Pearson do for work?

Preston Pearson worked as an American football player[3] and basketball player[4].

Where did Preston Pearson go to school?

Preston Pearson was educated at University of Illinois system[7], Freeport High School[8], and University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign[9].

Related Entities

United States University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Pro Football Reference. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Pro Football Reference. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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