Rip Hawkins
| No. 58 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | April 21, 1939 Winchester, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | July 28, 2015 (aged 76) Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Sewanee Military Academy (Sewanee, Tennessee) | ||||||||
| College | North Carolina | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1961: 2nd round, 15th overall pick | ||||||||
| AFL draft | 1961: 2nd round, 12th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Awards and highlights | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Ross Cooper "Rip" Hawkins (April 21, 1939 – July 28, 2015) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for five seasons with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL), playing in one Pro Bowl. He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where he was twice selected a member of the All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team. He left the NFL at the peak of his career to attend law school.