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Receptions:	37
Receiving yards:	399
Touchdowns:	3
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Ed Cifers
No. 43
Position:	End
Personal information
Born:	July 18, 1916; Church Hill, Tennessee, U.S.
Died:	July 19, 2005 (aged 89); Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:	Dobyns-Bennett; (Kingsport, Tennessee)
College:	Tennessee
NFL draft:	1941 / round: 6 / pick: 50
Career history
	Washington Redskins (1941–1942, 1946); Chicago Bears (1947–1948);
Career highlights and awards
	NFL champion (1942); Pro Bowl (1942); 2× Second-team All-SEC (1939, 1940);
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
Receptions:	37
Receiving yards:	399
Touchdowns:	3
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Edward Clifton Cifers (July 18, 1916 – July 19, 2005) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and Chicago Bears. He played college football at the University of Tennessee and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1941 NFL draft.^[1]

Early life

Attended Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, Tennessee, where he was the first All-state high school football selection from Northeast Tennessee.^[2]

College career

Cifers played college football at the University of Tennessee and was a part of three SEC championship teams for head coach Robert Neyland.^[3]

Professional career

Cifers was a Pro Bowler and named as an All-Pro by the Int. News Service in 1942.^[4]^[5] He was part of Washington's 1942 NFL Championship team.^[6]^[7] He was named as an All-Pro for the 1948 season by the Chicago Herald Am.^[8]