Ike Lassiter

Ike Lassiter
No. 73, 77, 87
Position:	Defensive lineman
Personal information
Born:	November 15, 1940; Wilson, North Carolina
Died:	February 15, 2015 (aged 74); Oakland, California
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
College:	St. Augustine's
NFL draft:	1962 / Round: 9 / Pick: 115
Career history
	Denver Broncos (1962–1964); Oakland Raiders (1965–1969); Boston/New England Patriots (1970–1971); Jacksonville Sharks (1974);
Career highlights and awards
	AFL champion (1967); 2× Second-team All-AFL (1966, 1968, 1969); Honorable mention All-AFL (1967); AFL All-Star (1966);
	Player stats at PFR

Isaac "Ike" Thomas Lassiter (November 15, 1940 – February 15, 2015) was an American college and professional football defensive lineman. He is an alumnus of St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he received a bachelor's degree in physical education. Lassiter played professionally for the American Football League's Denver Broncos and the AFL's Oakland Raiders, where he was an AFL All-Star in 1966. He played as the starting left defensive end in Super Bowl II for the 1967 Raiders. In the 1967 regular season on a Raiders team with a won-lost record of 13–1, he was one of the main pass-rushers of a front four including Dan Birdwell, Tom Keating, and Ben Davidson with a combined league-leading total of 67 sacks and 665 yards lost,^[1] the latter an all-time record, the all-time record for sacks being 72, done in a 16-game season, the Raiders leading the league in sacks from 1966 to 1968, an all-time record.^[2]

He ended his NFL career with the Boston Patriots/New England Patriots in 1970 and 1971. Lassiter was traded to the Washington Redskins in 1972, but did not make the team. He sat out the next two seasons, but played for the Jacksonville Sharks in 1974 in the World Football League. He retired to Oakland, California and died on February 15, 2015.^[3]

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[1] ttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1081579/index.htm

[2] List of National Football League records (team)#Sacks

[3] ttp://www.fouchesfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Isaac-Lassiter/#!/Obituary

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v t e Oakland Raiders 1967 AFL champions
00 Jim Otto 3 Daryle Lamonica 11 Mike Eischeid 16 George Blanda 19 Cotton Davidson 20 Warren Powers 21 Rodger Bird 22 Larry Todd 23 Rod Sherman 24 Willie Brown 25 Fred Biletnikoff 29 Howie Williams 30 Roger Hagberg 33 Billy Cannon 34 Gus Otto 35 Hewritt Dixon 36 Clem Daniels 38 Estes Banks 40 Pete Banaszak 42 Bill Laskey 45 Dave Grayson 47 Kent McCloughan 48 Bill Budness 50 Duane Benson 52 J. R. Williamson 53 Dan Birdwell 55 Dan Conners 62 Bob Kruse 63 Gene Upshaw 65 Wayne Hawkins 70 Jim Harvey 73 Richard Sligh 74 Tom Keating 76 Bob Svihus 77 Ike Lassiter 78 Dan Archer 79 Harry Schuh 81 Warren Wells 83 Ben Davidson 84 Ken Herock 85 Carleton Oats 86 Bill Fairband 88 Dave Kocourek 89 Bill Miller
Head coach: John Rauch
Coaches: Tom Dahms John Madden Marv Marinovich John Polonchek Ollie Spencer Charlie Sumner

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