Birth Date: | 28 June 1946 |
Birth Place: | Roanoke, Alabama, U.S. |
Death Place: | Ocala, Florida, U.S. |
Number: | 88, 40 |
Position1: | Wide receiver |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lb: | 200 |
College: | Auburn |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1968 |
Nfldraftedround: | 2 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 40 |
Nfldraftedteam: | St. Louis Cardinals |
Playing Years1: | 1968–1972 |
Playing Team1: | St. Louis Cardinals |
Playing Years2: | 1973 |
Playing Team2: | New Orleans Saints |
Playing Years3: | 1973 |
Playing Team3: | Washington Redskins |
Career Highlights: | |
Nfl: | HYA415291 |
Databasefootball: | HYATTFRE01 |
Freddie Phillip Hyatt (June 28, 1946 – June 27, 2022) was an American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals, New Orleans Saints, and Washington Redskins.[1] He played college football at Auburn University and was drafted by the Cardinals in the second round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft.[2] Hyatt died of open heart surgery in Ocala, Florida just one day before his 76th birthday.[3]