Frank Nunley

Frank Nunley (October 1, 1945 – June 26, 2024) was a professional football linebacker who played for the San Francisco 49ers from 1967 to 1976. Born in Lexington, Alabama, he played college football at the University of Michigan from 1964 to 1966, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors from the Associated Press in 1966. Selected by San Francisco in the third round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft, Nunley became a starter in 1969 and spent a decade anchoring the 49ers defense, which ran an innovative "flex" scheme under coach Dick Nolan in the early 1970s. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1989.