Doug Nettles was born August 13, 1951 in
Panama City, Florida in a military family. His father was stationed in
Okinawa, the
Philippines, and
Morocco, and he spent much of his childhood in those locales. He was a member of the
team that played in the
1974 Peach Bowl. Nettles was selected in the 5th round of the
1974 NFL draft by the
Baltimore Colts, who made him the 129th player selected that year. He would play for seven seasons in the
National Football League for the Colts and the
New York Giants, playing cornerback and special teams. Nettles worked 18 years in medical sales. He was a fifth grade history teacher and fifth grade football coach until the end of the 2019 school year. He also coached lower school track at
Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. ==References==