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vcard" style="width: 25em; line-height: 1.2em;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: initial;">Deacon Jones</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Deacon_Jones_in_1971_Brady_Bunch_promo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Deacon_Jones_in_1971_Brady_Bunch_promo.jpg/220px-Deacon_Jones_in_1971_Brady_Bunch_promo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Deacon_Jones_in_1971_Brady_Bunch_promo.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="317" data-file-height="375" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Jones in 1971</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">No. 75</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">Defensive end</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1938-12-09</span>)</span>December 9, 1938<br /><a href="/wiki/Eatonville,_Florida" title="Eatonville, Florida">Eatonville, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">June 3, 2013<span style="display:none">(2013-06-03)</span> (aged 74)<br /><a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Hills,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaheim Hills, California">Anaheim Hills, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">272 lb (123 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_Vocational_High_School" title="Hungerford Vocational High School">Hungerford</a> (Eatonville)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs football">South Carolina State</a> (1958)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Valley_State_Delta_Devils_football" title="Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football">Mississippi Valley State</a> (1960)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_draft" title="1961 NFL draft">1961</a> / round: 14 / pick: 186</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> (<a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_season" title="1961 NFL season">1961</a>–<a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_season" title="1971 NFL season">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a>–<a href="/wiki/1973_NFL_season" title="1973 NFL season">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_NFL_season" title="1974 NFL season">1974</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_Enterprise_Association_NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="Newspaper Enterprise Association NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award">NFL Defensive Player of the Year</a> (1967, 1968)</li> <li>5× First-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> (<a href="/wiki/1965_All-Pro_Team" title="1965 All-Pro Team">1965</a>–<a href="/wiki/1969_All-Pro_Team" title="1969 All-Pro Team">1969</a>)</li> <li>3× Second-team All-Pro (<a href="/wiki/1964_All-Pro_Team" title="1964 All-Pro Team">1964</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_All-Pro_Team" title="1970 All-Pro Team">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1972_All-Pro_Team" title="1972 All-Pro Team">1972</a>)</li> <li>8× <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> (<a href="/wiki/1965_Pro_Bowl" title="1965 Pro Bowl">1964</a>–<a href="/wiki/1971_Pro_Bowl" title="1971 Pro Bowl">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973_Pro_Bowl" title="1973 Pro Bowl">1972</a>)</li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_season_sacks_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League season sacks leaders">NFL sacks leader</a> (1964, 1965, 1967–1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1960s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1960s All-Decade Team">NFL 1960s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams_awards#St._Louis_Football_Ring_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Rams awards">St. Louis Football Ring of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams#Retired_numbers" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams No. 75</a> retired</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Interception" title="Interception">Interceptions</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Games played:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">191</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JoneDe00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="pane notheme mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ffbb00;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.profootballhof.com/players/david-deacon-jones">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David D.</b> "<b>Deacon</b>" <b>Jones</b> (December 9, 1938 – June 3, 2013) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">defensive end</a> who played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) for 14 seasons. He played for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a>. He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> in 1980. </p><p>Jones specialized in <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">sacks</a>, a term that he coined. Nicknamed "<b>the Secretary of Defense</b>", Jones is considered one of the greatest defensive players ever.<sup id="cite_ref-jones_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jones-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> called Jones "most valuable Ram of all time," and former Rams head coach <a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Allen (coach)">George Allen</a> called him the "greatest defensive end of modern football".<sup id="cite_ref-jones_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jones-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones was born in <a href="/wiki/Eatonville,_Florida" title="Eatonville, Florida">Eatonville, Florida</a>, and lived in a four-bedroom house with his family of ten.<sup id="cite_ref-one_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-one-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones attended <a href="/wiki/Hungerford_Vocational_High_School" title="Hungerford Vocational High School">Hungerford High School</a>, where he played <a href="/wiki/High_school_football" title="High school football">football</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During high school, Jones developed a lump in his <a href="/wiki/Thigh" title="Thigh">thigh</a> and learned that it was a <a href="/wiki/Tumor" class="mw-redirect" title="Tumor">tumor</a>; he had surgery to remove it by Dr. Ron Alegria.<sup id="cite_ref-one_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-one-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Late in life, Jones told <i><a href="/wiki/The_San_Diego_Union-Tribune" title="The San Diego Union-Tribune">The San Diego Union-Tribune</a></i> that when he was 14 years old, he witnessed a carload of white teenagers laughingly hit an elderly black woman with a watermelon. The woman died days later from the injury, and Jones recalls that there was never a police investigation. "Unlike many black people then, I was determined not to be what society said I was," Jones later recounted. "Thank God I had the ability to play a violent game like football. It gave me an outlet for the anger in my heart."<sup id="cite_ref-TimesObit_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimesObit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones' <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> career consisted of a year at <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_University" title="South Carolina State University">South Carolina State University</a> in 1958, followed by a year of inactivity in 1959 and a final season at <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Valley_State_University" title="Mississippi Valley State University">Mississippi Vocational College</a>, now known as Mississippi Valley State University, in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-profootballhof_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profootballhof-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>South Carolina State revoked Jones' scholarship after they learned that he participated in a protest during the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Rights Movement">Civil Rights Movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-one_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-one-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, one of the assistant football coaches at South Carolina State was leaving to coach at Mississippi Vocational, and told Jones and some of the other African-American players that he could get them scholarships at the new school.<sup id="cite_ref-one_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-one-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While he was playing at Mississippi Vocational, he and his African-American teammates had to sleep in cots in the opposing team's gym because motels would not take them on numerous occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-one_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-one-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Deacon_jones_topps_1963.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Deacon_jones_topps_1963.jpg/220px-Deacon_jones_topps_1963.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Deacon_jones_topps_1963.jpg/330px-Deacon_jones_topps_1963.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Deacon_jones_topps_1963.jpg/440px-Deacon_jones_topps_1963.jpg 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="1035" /></a><figcaption>1963 <a href="/wiki/Topps" title="Topps">Topps</a> trading card of Jones with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Due to a lack of television coverage and modern scouting networks, Jones was largely overlooked during his college career. According to an <a href="/wiki/NFL_Films" title="NFL Films">NFL Films</a> interview with writer <a href="/wiki/Ray_Didinger" title="Ray Didinger">Ray Didinger</a>, "Deacon was discovered kinda by accident. The Rams were scouting some running backs and they found this defensive tackle who was outrunning the running backs that they were scouting." Jones was selected in the 14th round of the <a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_draft" title="1961 NFL draft">1961 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>. He then earned a starting role as a <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">defensive end</a> and teamed with tackle <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Olsen" title="Merlin Olsen">Merlin Olsen</a> to give Los Angeles a perennial <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> left side of the defensive line.<sup id="cite_ref-profootballhof_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profootballhof-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a part of the <a href="/wiki/Fearsome_Foursome_(American_football)" title="Fearsome Foursome (American football)">Fearsome Foursome</a> defensive line of the Rams (along with <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Lundy" title="Lamar Lundy">Lamar Lundy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rosey_Grier" title="Rosey Grier">Rosey Grier</a>, and Olsen), which is now considered to have been one of the best defensive lines of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:150; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p><i>"I'm probably the toughest (expletive) here. Ain't no<br />question about that with me. I'm the toughest guy<br />here... I'm clean. I mean, I ain't got no marks on<br />me. I don't know nobody else who can say that<br />who came out of any sport. I ain't got no marks on<br />me, so I've got to be the baddest dude I know of."</i> </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Jones, in an interview with <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Jackson" title="Kevin Jackson">Kevin Jackson</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Jones won consensus All-Pro honors five straight years from <a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_season" title="1965 NFL season">1965</a> through <a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_season" title="1969 NFL season">1969</a> and was second-team All-Pro in 1964, 1970, and 1972. He was also in seven straight <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowls</a>, from 1964 to 1970, and was selected to an eighth after the <a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972 season</a> with the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-profootballhof_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profootballhof-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was voted the team's Outstanding Defensive Lineman by the Los Angeles Rams Alumni in 1962, '64, '65, and '66. In 1971, Jones suffered a severely sprained arch, which caused him to miss four starts, and he ended the season with 4½ sacks, his career-low to that point. </p><p>Jones was traded along with <a href="/wiki/Lee_White_(American_football)" title="Lee White (American football)">Lee White</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Wojcik" title="Greg Wojcik">Greg Wojcik</a> from the Rams to the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_San_Diego_Chargers" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> for <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Staggs" title="Jeff Staggs">Jeff Staggs</a>, a second-rounder in <a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_draft" title="1972 NFL draft">1972</a> (30th overall) and a second and third-rounder in <a href="/wiki/1973_NFL_draft" title="1973 NFL draft">1973</a> (31st and 60th overall) on January 29, 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named San Diego's defensive captain and led all Chargers' defensive linemen in tackles and won a berth on the AFC Pro Bowl squad. He concluded his career with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-profootballhof_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profootballhof-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the final game of his NFL career, the Redskins allowed him to kick the point-after-touchdown for the game's last score. Along the way, Jones was named the Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Week four times: week 14, 1967; week 12, 1968; week 11, 1969; and week 10, 1970. </p><p>An extremely durable player, Jones missed only six games of a possible 196 regular-season encounters in his 14 <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-profootballhof_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profootballhof-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Deacon_Jones.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Deacon_Jones.png" decoding="async" width="173" height="270" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="173" data-file-height="270" /></a><figcaption>Jones with the Rams in 1972</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sacks">Sacks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones was considered by many to revolutionize the position of defensive end. He was credited with coining the phrase "sacking the quarterback".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He once stated that a quarterback being sacked devastated the offense in the same way that <a href="/wiki/Looting#In_armed_conflict" title="Looting">a city was devastated when it was sacked</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, Jones provided a <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> reporter with some other detailed imagery about his forte: "You take all the offensive linemen and put them in a <a href="/wiki/Burlap" class="mw-redirect" title="Burlap">burlap</a> bag, and then you take a baseball bat and beat on the bag. You're sacking them, you're bagging them. And that’s what you're doing with a quarterback."<sup id="cite_ref-TimesObit_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimesObit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>What separated Jones from every other defensive end was his speed and his ability to make tackles from sideline to sideline, which was unheard of in his time. He also was the first pass rusher to use the head slap, a move that he said was, "to give myself an initial head start on the pass rush, in other words an extra step. Because anytime you go upside a man's head … or a woman; they may have a tendency to blink they [sic] eyes or close they eyes. And that's all I needed."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The head slap was not my invention, but <a href="/wiki/Rembrandt" title="Rembrandt">Rembrandt</a>, of course, did not invent painting. The quickness of my hands and the length of my arms, it was perfect for me. It was the greatest thing I ever did, and when I left the game, they outlawed it."<sup id="cite_ref-TimesObit_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimesObit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Weekly" title="Pro Football Weekly">Pro Football Weekly</a></i> reported he accumulated 173.5 sacks over his career. The total would be third on the all-time sack list, which would have ranked first all-time at the time of his retirement by a substantial margin.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1964, Jones had 22 sacks in only 14 games. If official, this would have stood as an NFL record until Al Baker's 1978 campaign in which he totaled 23 sacks. (The term "sack" had not yet been coined at the time, and official sack statistics were not recorded by the NFL until 1982.)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1967, Jones had 21.5 sacks; he again tallied 22 sacks in 14 games the following year. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"> <th colspan="3" style="background: LightSteelBlue;">Unofficial annual sack totals </th></tr> <tr style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"> <th>Year</th> <th>Sacks</th> <th>Team </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1961 Los Angeles Rams season">1961</a></td> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1962 Los Angeles Rams season">1962</a></td> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1963_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1963 Los Angeles Rams season">1963</a></td> <td>5.5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1964_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1964 Los Angeles Rams season">1964</a></td> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1965 Los Angeles Rams season">1965</a></td> <td>19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1966 Los Angeles Rams season">1966</a></td> <td>18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1967_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1967 Los Angeles Rams season">1967</a></td> <td>21.5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1968_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1968 Los Angeles Rams season">1968</a></td> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1969_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1969 Los Angeles Rams season">1969</a></td> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1970_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1970 Los Angeles Rams season">1970</a></td> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1971_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1971 Los Angeles Rams season">1971</a></td> <td>4.5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="1972 San Diego Chargers season">1972</a></td> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1973_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="1973 San Diego Chargers season">1973</a></td> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1974_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1974 Washington Redskins season">1974</a></td> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>(Source: Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins Media Guides)</small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_football">After football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: After football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acting">Acting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Acting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones worked as a television actor, and appeared in numerous TV programs since the 1970s, most often appearing in <a href="/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo</a> roles. He appeared in an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(1970_TV_series)" title="The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)">The Odd Couple</a></i> where he and <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Madison" class="mw-redirect" title="Oscar Madison">Oscar</a> were in a television commercial selling shaving products. He appeared as himself on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Brady_Bunch" title="The Brady Bunch">The Brady Bunch</a></i>, and in a <i><a href="/wiki/Bewitched" title="Bewitched">Bewitched</a></i> episode in 1969, he played a guard to the Giant's castle in "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_%26_the_Beanstalk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sam & the Beanstalk (page does not exist)">Sam & the Beanstalk</a>". Jones also played himself on an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Wonder_Woman_(TV_series)" title="Wonder Woman (TV series)">Wonder Woman</a></i> in 1978. </p><p>In 1978, he played a <a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">Viking</a> named Thall in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Norseman" title="The Norseman">The Norseman</a></i>. Fellow Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Fred_Biletnikoff" title="Fred Biletnikoff">Fred Biletnikoff</a> joined Jones in the film, also portraying a <a href="/wiki/Norsemen" title="Norsemen">Norseman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, Jones portrayed a fierce defensive lineman named Gorman in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></i>. </p><p>In the series <i><a href="/wiki/G_vs_E" title="G vs E">G vs E</a></i>, he played himself, but as an agent of "The Corps". He also played a role in the hit show, <i><a href="/wiki/ALF_(TV_series)" title="ALF (TV series)">ALF</a></i>, where he played a father figure to Alf. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones served as a <a href="/wiki/Color_analyst" class="mw-redirect" title="Color analyst">color analyst</a> for Rams broadcasts on <a href="/wiki/KSPN_(AM)" title="KSPN (AM)">KMPC</a> radio in the <a href="/wiki/1994_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1994 Los Angeles Rams season">1994 season</a>, teaming with <a href="/wiki/Steve_Physioc" title="Steve Physioc">Steve Physioc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Snow_(American_football)" title="Jack Snow (American football)">Jack Snow</a>. In 1998, shortly before <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXII" title="Super Bowl XXXII">Super Bowl XXXII</a> between the Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers, Jones correctly predicted the Broncos, 11.5-point underdogs, would win the game and <a href="/wiki/Terrell_Davis" title="Terrell Davis">Terrell Davis</a> would be named MVP of the game. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Business">Business</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones worked for many companies, including the <a href="/wiki/Miller_Brewing_Company" title="Miller Brewing Company">Miller Brewing Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haggar_Clothing" title="Haggar Clothing">Haggar Clothing</a>, Pacific Coast Medical Enterprises, and <a href="/wiki/Seiko_Epson" class="mw-redirect" title="Seiko Epson">Epson America</a>, and represented the NFL and <a href="/wiki/Champion_(sportswear)" title="Champion (sportswear)">Champion Products</a> as spokesman for their Throwback campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-jones_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jones-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones was also chairman for <a href="/wiki/AstraZeneca_Pharmaceuticals" class="mw-redirect" title="AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals">AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals</a> in their national <a href="/wiki/Hypertension" title="Hypertension">hypertension</a> awareness program.<sup id="cite_ref-jones_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jones-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Community_involvement">Community involvement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Community involvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NFL.com reported that Jones made several trips to <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> to visit the U. S. military.<sup id="cite_ref-jones_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jones-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones served as the president and CEO of the Deacon Jones Foundation, an organization he founded in 1997 "to assist young people and the communities in which they live with a comprehensive program that includes education, mentoring, corporate internship, and community service."<sup id="cite_ref-jones_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jones-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bringing_the_NFL_back_to_Los_Angeles">Bringing the NFL back to Los Angeles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bringing the NFL back to Los Angeles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones was one of the many former L.A. Rams players who disliked the team's controversial relocation to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a> in 1995. He was adamant in interviews and appearances that he played for Los Angeles, not St. Louis, and considered the Rams franchise there a different team that should have a different name.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He participated in many grassroots efforts to bring NFL football back to L.A. and also voiced support on many new stadium proposals .<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Rams eventually returned to Los Angeles in 2016 after Jones had died. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> in his first year of eligibility in 1980, and was named to the <a href="/wiki/NFL%27s_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL's 75th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL's 75th Anniversary All-Time Team</a> in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-jones_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jones-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, he was ranked number 13 on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">The Sporting News</a></i> list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, the highest-ranked player to have played for the Rams franchise, the highest-ranked defensive end, and the second-ranked defensive lineman behind <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lilly" title="Bob Lilly">Bob Lilly</a>. The same year, he was named by <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> as the "Defensive End of the Century".<sup id="cite_ref-jones_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jones-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, he was named to the inaugural class of the <a href="/wiki/Black_College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Black College Football Hall of Fame">Black College Football Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1980 – Elected to South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1981 – Voted to the Central Florida Sports Hall of Fame<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1983 – Elected to the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Florida Sports Hall of Fame">Florida Sports Hall of Fame</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1999 – Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">Gale Sayers</a> Lifetime Spirit Achievement Award<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1999 – Awarded "The Order of the Leather Helmet" by the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Alumni" title="NFL Alumni">NFL Alumni</a> Organization, their highest honor<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2001 – Winner of the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Alumni" title="NFL Alumni">NFL Alumni</a> Spirit Award for community service<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2005 – Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Junior_Seau" title="Junior Seau">Junior Seau</a> Foundation "Legend of the Year Award"<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2007 – Named to the <a href="/wiki/FHSAA%27s_All-Century_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="FHSAA's All-Century Team">Florida High School Association All-Century Team</a> which selected the Top 33 players in the 100-year history of high school football in Florida's history<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2009 – His number 75 was retired by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Rams</a> on September 27, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2013 – An award for the league leader in sacks is named in his honor and awarded for the first time. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mathis" title="Robert Mathis">Robert Mathis</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> was the inaugural award winner.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones stated that he gave himself the nickname Deacon after joining the Rams because too many David Joneses were in the local phone book. "Football is a violent world and Deacon has a religious connotation," he told the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> in 1980. "I thought a name like that would be remembered."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones' wife Elizabeth is the chief operating and financial officer of the Deacon Jones Foundation, based in <a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Hills" title="Anaheim Hills">Anaheim Hills</a>, California,<sup id="cite_ref-one_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-one-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the community in which the couple lived. </p><p>Jones was a <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a> singer during his football days, and was backed by the band Nightshift, which later became the group <a href="/wiki/War_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="War (American band)">War</a>. Jones sang onstage with <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> performed on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Palace" title="The Hollywood Palace">The Hollywood Palace</a></i> in 1967 and 1968, and on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Merv_Griffin_Show" title="The Merv Griffin Show">The Merv Griffin Show</a></i> in 1970. Jones was the inspiration for the name of the 1977 song "<a href="/wiki/Deacon_Blues" title="Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Steely_Dan" title="Steely Dan">Steely Dan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 3, 2013, Jones died at 74 of <a href="/wiki/Death_by_natural_causes" class="mw-redirect" title="Death by natural causes">natural causes</a> after suffering from <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heart_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart disease">heart disease</a> at his home in <a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Hills,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaheim Hills, California">Anaheim Hills, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones's death left <a href="/wiki/Rosey_Grier" title="Rosey Grier">Rosey Grier</a> as the last surviving member of the <a href="/wiki/Fearsome_Foursome_(American_football)" title="Fearsome Foursome (American football)">Fearsome Foursome</a>, the L.A. Rams defensive line which is widely considered the best such unit in the history of the NFL. Of the former defensive standout, NFL commissioner <a href="/wiki/Roger_Goodell" title="Roger Goodell">Roger Goodell</a> said, "Even with his fellow Hall of Famers, Deacon Jones held a special status. He was an icon among the icons." Washington Redskins General Manager <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Allen_(American_football)" title="Bruce Allen (American football)">Bruce Allen</a>, son of Jones's longtime coach <a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_football_coach)" title="George Allen (American football coach)">George Allen</a>, called him "one of the greatest players in NFL history. Off the field... a true giant."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> columnist <a href="/wiki/Peter_King_(sportswriter)" title="Peter King (sportswriter)">Peter King</a> noted at his death that Jones had a profound effect on the way defense was played in the NFL and cited the influence on such later NFL stars as <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor" title="Lawrence Taylor">Lawrence Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deion_Sanders" title="Deion Sanders">Deion Sanders</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Strahan" title="Michael Strahan">Michael Strahan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a tribute to Jones, the NFL created the <a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Deacon Jones Award">Deacon Jones Award</a>, which is given annually to the league leader in sacks.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deacon_Jones&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-jones_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jones_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jones_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deaconjones.com/about-deacon.php">"About Deacon"</a>. <i>Deacon Jones Foundation</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 18,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Deacon+Jones+Foundation&rft.atitle=About+Deacon&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deaconjones.com%2Fabout-deacon.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeacon+Jones" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-one-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-one_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-one_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-one_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-one_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-one_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-one_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010905001425/http://archive.profootballweekly.com/content/archives/features_2000/deaconjones1_112000.asp">"Deacon Jones special: Page One"</a>. <i>Pro Football Weekly</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.profootballweekly.com/content/archives/features_2000/deaconjones1_112000.asp">the original</a> on September 5, 2001.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Pro+Football+Weekly&rft.atitle=Deacon+Jones+special%3A+Page+One&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.profootballweekly.com%2Fcontent%2Farchives%2Ffeatures_2000%2Fdeaconjones1_112000.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeacon+Jones" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deaconjones.com/current_news.php?news_id=2&page=2">"The Very Frightening Secretary of Defense: Was Deacon Jones the NFL's Meanest"</a>. <i>Deacon Jones Foundation</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 23,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Deacon+Jones+Foundation&rft.atitle=The+Very+Frightening+Secretary+of+Defense%3A+Was+Deacon+Jones+the+NFL%27s+Meanest&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deaconjones.com%2Fcurrent_news.php%3Fnews_id%3D2%26page%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeacon+Jones" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged December 2016">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TimesObit-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TimesObit_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TimesObit_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TimesObit_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGoldstein2013" class="citation news cs1">Goldstein, Richard (June 6, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/sports/football/deacon-jones-fearsome-nfl-defensive-end-dies-at-74.html?hpw">"Deacon Jones Dies at 74; Made Quarterback Sack Brutal and Enthralling"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 6,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Deacon+Jones+Dies+at+74%3B+Made+Quarterback+Sack+Brutal+and+Enthralling&rft.date=2013-06-06&rft.aulast=Goldstein&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2013%2F06%2F05%2Fsports%2Ffootball%2Fdeacon-jones-fearsome-nfl-defensive-end-dies-at-74.html%3Fhpw&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeacon+Jones" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-profootballhof-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-profootballhof_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-profootballhof_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-profootballhof_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-profootballhof_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-profootballhof_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PlayerId=108">"Deacon Jones' HOF Profile"</a>. <i>Pro Football Hall of Fame</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 18,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Pro+Football+Hall+of+Fame&rft.atitle=Deacon+Jones%27+HOF+Profile&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.profootballhof.com%2Fhof%2Fmember.aspx%3FPlayerId%3D108&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeacon+Jones" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGoldstein2007" class="citation news cs1">Goldstein, Richard (February 26, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/sports/football/26lundy.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin">"Lamar Lundy, Lineman on the Rams' Fearsome Foursome, Dies at 71"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 21,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Lamar+Lundy%2C+Lineman+on+the+Rams%27+Fearsome+Foursome%2C+Dies+at+71&rft.date=2007-02-26&rft.aulast=Goldstein&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2007%2F02%2F26%2Fsports%2Ffootball%2F26lundy.html%3F_r%3D1%26pagewanted%3Dall%26oref%3Dslogin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeacon+Jones" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/page2/s/questions/deaconjones.html">"10 Burning Questions for Deacon Jones"</a>. ESPN<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 21,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=10+Burning+Questions+for+Deacon+Jones&rft.pub=ESPN&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fpage2%2Fs%2Fquestions%2Fdeaconjones.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeacon+Jones" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/30/archives/chargers-trade-for-deacon-jones-rams-acquire-staggs-three-draft.html">"Chargers Trade for Deacon Jones," <i>United Press International</i> (UPI), Saturday, January 29, 1972.</a> Retrieved November 1, 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prosportstransactions.com/football/DraftTrades/Years/1972.htm">1972 NFL Draft Pick Transactions, February 1 (Rounds 1–7) & 2 (Rounds 8–17) – Pro Sports Transactions.</a> Retrieved November 1, 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/04/us/sport-deacon-jones-death/index.html">"Jones, NFL coiner of 'sack the quarterback,' dies at 74"</a>. CNN. June 4, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 4,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Jones%2C+NFL+coiner+of+%27sack+the+quarterback%2C%27+dies+at+74&rft.date=2013-06-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2013%2F06%2F04%2Fus%2Fsport-deacon-jones-death%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeacon+Jones" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/04/us/sport-deacon-jones-death/index.html">"Jones, NFL coiner of 'sack the quarterback,' dies at 74"</a>. <i>CNN</i>. June 4, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 5,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CNN&rft.atitle=Jones%2C+NFL+coiner+of+%27sack+the+quarterback%2C%27+dies+at+74&rft.date=2013-06-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2013%2F06%2F04%2Fus%2Fsport-deacon-jones-death%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeacon+Jones" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm2l0pxYw-4"><span class="plainlinks">Deacon Jones' Equal Rights (& Lefts) For Women!</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTurney2000" class="citation web cs1">Turney, John (June 26, 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=127C84D644186A88&p_docnum=16/turney_062600.asp">"Setting the record straight on all of those QB takedowns"</a>. <i>Pro Football Weekly online</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FFD100 !important; color: #003594 !important; ;"><div> <ul><li>Founded in 1936</li> <li>Played in <b><a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland"><span style="color: #003594">Cleveland, Ohio</span></a></b> (1936–1945) and <b><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis"><span style="color: #003594">St. Louis, Missouri</span></a></b> (1995–2015)</li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California"><span style="color: #003594">Inglewood, California</span></a></b></li> <li>Headquartered in <b><a href="/wiki/Agoura_Hills,_California" title="Agoura Hills, California"><span style="color: #003594">Agoura Hills, California</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFD100 !important; color: #003594 !important; ;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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href="/wiki/Cardinals%E2%80%93Rams_rivalry" title="Cardinals–Rams rivalry">Arizona Cardinals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboys%E2%80%93Rams_rivalry" title="Cowboys–Rams rivalry">Dallas Cowboys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor%27s_Cup_(Missouri)" title="Governor's Cup (Missouri)">Kansas City Chiefs (former)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rams%E2%80%93Vikings_rivalry" title="Rams–Vikings rivalry">Minnesota Vikings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rams%E2%80%93Saints_rivalry" title="Rams–Saints rivalry">New Orleans Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49ers%E2%80%93Rams_rivalry" title="49ers–Rams rivalry">San Francisco 49ers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rams%E2%80%93Seahawks_rivalry" title="Rams–Seahawks rivalry">Seattle Seahawks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFD100 !important; color: #003594 !important; ;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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title="KCBS-FM">KCBS-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSPN_(AM)" title="KSPN (AM)">Radio network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Marco_Farr" title="D'Marco Farr">D'Marco Farr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Enberg" title="Dick Enberg">Dick Enberg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFD100 !important; color: #003594 !important; ;;width:1%">Wild card berths (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1980 Los Angeles Rams season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1983 Los Angeles Rams season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1984 Los Angeles Rams season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1986 Los Angeles Rams season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1988 Los Angeles Rams season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1989 Los Angeles Rams season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_St._Louis_Rams_season" title="2000 St. Louis Rams season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_St._Louis_Rams_season" title="2004 St. Louis Rams season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="2020 Los Angeles Rams season">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFD100 !important; color: #003594 !important; ;;width:1%">Division championships (18)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1945_Cleveland_Rams_season" title="1945 Cleveland Rams season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1949 Los Angeles Rams season">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1967 Los Angeles Rams season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1969 Los Angeles Rams season">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1973 Los Angeles Rams season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1974 Los Angeles Rams season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1975 Los Angeles Rams season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1976 Los Angeles Rams season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1977 Los Angeles Rams season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1978 Los Angeles Rams season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1979 Los Angeles Rams season">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1985 Los Angeles Rams season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_St._Louis_Rams_season" title="1999 St. Louis Rams season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_St._Louis_Rams_season" title="2001 St. Louis Rams season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_St._Louis_Rams_season" title="2003 St. Louis Rams season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="2017 Los Angeles Rams season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="2018 Los Angeles Rams season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="2021 Los Angeles Rams season">2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFD100 !important; color: #003594 !important; ;;width:1%">Conference championships (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_season" title="1950 NFL season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_NFL_season" title="1951 NFL season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_season" title="1955 NFL season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NFL_season" title="1979 NFL season">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_season" title="1999 NFL season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NFL_season" title="2018 NFL season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NFL_season" title="2021 NFL season">2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFD100 !important; color: #003594 !important; ;;width:1%">League championships (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1945_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1945 NFL Championship Game">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1951 NFL Championship Game">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXIV" title="Super Bowl XXXIV">1999 (XXXIV)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LVI" title="Super Bowl LVI">2021 (LVI)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFD100 !important; color: #003594 !important; ;;width:1%">Current league affiliations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>League: <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (1937–present)</li> <li>Conference: <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">National Football Conference</a></li> <li>Division: <a href="/wiki/NFC_West" title="NFC West">West Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFD100 !important; color: #003594 !important; ;;width:1%">Former league affiliation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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title="Jack Pardee">Jack Pardee</a></li> <li>LB <a href="/wiki/Jack_%22Hacksaw%22_Reynolds" title="Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds">Jack Reynolds</a></li> <li>DB <a href="/wiki/Night_Train_Lane" title="Night Train Lane">Dick (Night Train) Lane</a></li> <li>DB <a href="/wiki/Ed_Meador" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Meador">Eddie Meador</a></li> <li>DB <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Cromwell" title="Nolan Cromwell">Nolan Cromwell</a></li> <li>DB <a href="/wiki/Dave_Elmendorf" title="Dave Elmendorf">Dave Elmendorf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #00338D !important; ;">First-team Special Teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>P-PK <a href="/wiki/Bob_Waterfield" title="Bob Waterfield">Bob Waterfield</a></li> <li>PR <a href="/wiki/LeRoy_Irvin" title="LeRoy Irvin">LeRoy Irvin</a></li> <li>KR <a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Martin_(defensive_end)" title="Doug Martin (defensive end)">Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Gastineau" title="Mark Gastineau">Gastineau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Gastineau" title="Mark Gastineau">Gastineau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dent" title="Richard Dent">Dent</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor" title="Lawrence Taylor">L. 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J. Watt">J. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mathis" title="Robert Mathis">Mathis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Houston" title="Justin Houston">Houston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Watt" title="J. J. Watt">J. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Vic_Beasley" title="Vic Beasley">Beasley</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Chandler_Jones" title="Chandler Jones">Jones</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Donald" title="Aaron Donald">Donald</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Shaquil_Barrett" title="Shaquil Barrett">Barrett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/T._J._Watt" title="T. J. Watt">T. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/T._J._Watt" title="T. J. Watt">T. 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title="Len Dawson">L. Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Driscoll" title="Paddy Driscoll">Driscoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">Elway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Favre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Fouts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Friedman" title="Benny Friedman">Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Griese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Herber" title="Arnie Herber">Herber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Jurgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly" title="Jim Kelly">J. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Layne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Moon" title="Warren Moon">Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Namath" title="Joe Namath">Namath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Parker" title="Ace Parker">A. Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Stabler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran_Tarkenton" title="Fran Tarkenton">Tarkenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y._A._Tittle" title="Y. A. Tittle">Tittle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Brocklin" title="Norm Van Brocklin">Van Brocklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Warner" title="Kurt Warner">Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Waterfield" title="Bob Waterfield">Waterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">S. Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Running backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">M. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Battles" title="Cliff Battles">Battles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis" title="Jerome Bettis">Bettis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">J. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Canadeo" title="Tony Canadeo">Canadeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Csonka" title="Larry Csonka">Csonka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_Davis" title="Terrell Davis">T. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Dickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Dorsett" title="Tony Dorsett">Dorsett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dudley" title="Bill Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gifford" title="Frank Gifford">Gifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Guyon" title="Joe Guyon">Guyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">F. Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_Hinkle" title="Clarke Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Hornung" title="Paul Hornung">Hornung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgerrin_James" title="Edgerrin James">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Johnson" title="John Henry Johnson">J. H. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Kelly" title="Leroy Kelly">L. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Leemans" title="Tuffy Leemans">Leemans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Little" title="Floyd Little">F. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Martin" title="Curtis Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Matson" title="Ollie Matson">Matson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McAfee" title="George McAfee">McAfee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_McElhenny" title="Hugh McElhenny">McElhenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_%22Blood%22_McNally" title="Johnny "Blood" McNally">J. McNally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Moore" title="Lenny Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Motley" title="Marion Motley">Motley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski" title="Bronko Nagurski">Nagurski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Nevers" title="Ernie Nevers">Nevers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Perry_(American_football)" title="Joe Perry (American football)">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Pollard" title="Fritz Pollard">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Riggins" title="John Riggins">Riggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">B. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">Sayers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Smith" title="Emmitt Smith">E. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Strong" title="Ken Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Taylor_(fullback)" title="Jim Taylor (fullback)">Ji. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurman_Thomas" title="Thurman Thomas">T. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe">Thorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Trippi" title="Charley Trippi">Trippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Van_Buren" title="Steve Van Buren">Van Buren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Walker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wide receivers /<br />ends</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Alworth" title="Lance Alworth">Alworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Badgro" title="Red Badgro">Badgro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Berry" title="Raymond Berry">Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Biletnikoff" title="Fred Biletnikoff">Biletnikoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Branch" title="Cliff Branch">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brown_(American_football)" title="Tim Brown (American football)">T. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Bruce" title="Isaac Bruce">Bruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Carmichael" title="Harold Carmichael">Carmichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cris_Carter" title="Cris Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Chamberlin" title="Guy Chamberlin">Chamberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fears" title="Tom Fears">Fears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Flaherty" title="Ray Flaherty">Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Harrison" title="Marvin Harrison">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hayes" title="Bob Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hewitt_(American_football)" title="Bill Hewitt (American football)">Hewitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elroy_Hirsch" title="Elroy Hirsch">Hirsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Hutson" title="Don Hutson">Hutson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Irvin" title="Michael Irvin">Irvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Johnson" title="Andre Johnson">A. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Johnson" title="Calvin Johnson">C. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Joiner" title="Charlie Joiner">Joiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Largent" title="Steve Largent">Largent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Lavelli" title="Dante Lavelli">Lavelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lofton" title="James Lofton">Lofton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Maynard" title="Don Maynard">Maynard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_McDonald_(American_football)" title="Tommy McDonald (American football)">McDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Millner" title="Wayne Millner">Millner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Mitchell" title="Bobby Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Monk" title="Art Monk">Monk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Moss" title="Randy Moss">Moss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_Owens" title="Terrell Owens">Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Pearson_(American_football)" title="Drew Pearson (American football)">Pearson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Pihos" title="Pete Pihos">Pihos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Reed" title="Andre Reed">A. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rice" title="Jerry Rice">Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_Speedie" title="Mac Speedie">Speedie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stallworth" title="John Stallworth">Stallworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Swann" title="Lynn Swann">Swann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Taylor" title="Charley Taylor">C. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Warfield" title="Paul Warfield">Warfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tight ends</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Casper" title="Dave Casper">Casper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Ditka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzalez" title="Tony Gonzalez">Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mackey_(American_football)" title="John Mackey (American football)">Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Newsome" title="Ozzie Newsome">Newsome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Sanders" title="Charlie Sanders">C. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannon_Sharpe" title="Shannon Sharpe">Sharpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Smith" title="Jackie Smith">J. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kellen_Winslow" title="Kellen Winslow">Winslow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Offensive<br />linemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Allen" title="Larry Allen">L. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Boselli" title="Tony Boselli">Boselli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Brown_(offensive_lineman)" title="Bob Brown (offensive lineman)">B. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosey_Brown" title="Rosey Brown">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Covert" title="Jim Covert">Covert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Creekmur" title="Lou Creekmur">Creekmur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dermontti_Dawson" title="Dermontti Dawson">D. Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_DeLamielleure" title="Joe DeLamielleure">DeLamielleure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Dierdorf" title="Dan Dierdorf">Dierdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Faneca" title="Alan Faneca">Faneca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gatski" title="Frank Gatski">Gatski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gregg" title="Forrest Gregg">Gregg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Grimm" title="Russ Grimm">Grimm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hannah_(American_football)" title="John Hannah (American football)">Hannah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Hickerson" title="Gene Hickerson">Hickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Hill" title="Winston Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Hutchinson_(American_football)" title="Steve Hutchinson (American football)">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Jones_(American_football)" title="Stan Jones (American football)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Jones_(American_football)" title="Walter Jones (American football)">W. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Kramer" title="Jerry Kramer">Kramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Langer" title="Jim Langer">Langer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Little" title="Larry Little">L. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Mack" title="Tom Mack">Mack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Matthews_(American_football)" title="Bruce Matthews (American football)">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Mawae" title="Kevin Mawae">Mawae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_McCormack_(American_football)" title="Mike McCormack (American football)">McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_McDaniel" title="Randall McDaniel">McDaniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Mix" title="Ron Mix">Mix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Munchak" title="Mike Munchak">Munchak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Anthony Muñoz">Muñoz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ogden" title="Jonathan Ogden">Ogden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Otto" title="Jim Otto">Otto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Pace" title="Orlando Pace">Pace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Parker_(American_football)" title="Jim Parker (American football)">J. Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ringo" title="Jim Ringo">Ringo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Roaf" title="Willie Roaf">Roaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Shaw" title="Billy Shaw">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Shell" title="Art Shell">A. Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Shields" title="Will Shields">Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Slater" title="Jackie Slater">J. Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_St._Clair" title="Bob St. Clair">St. Clair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stanfel" title="Dick Stanfel">Stanfel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Stephenson" title="Dwight Stephenson">Stephenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Thomas_(offensive_tackle)" title="Joe Thomas (offensive tackle)">J. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Tingelhoff" title="Mick Tingelhoff">Tingelhoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Upshaw" title="Gene Upshaw">Upshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Webster" title="Mike Webster">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rayfield_Wright" title="Rayfield Wright">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Yary" title="Ron Yary">Yary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Zimmerman" title="Gary Zimmerman">Zimmerman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-modern era<br />two-way players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turk_Edwards" title="Turk Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fortmann" title="Dan Fortmann">Fortmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Healey" title="Ed Healey">Healey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Hein" title="Mel Hein">Hein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Henry" title="Pete Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Hubbard" title="Cal Hubbard">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Kiesling" title="Walt Kiesling">Kiesling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruiser_Kinard" title="Bruiser Kinard">Kinard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Lyman" title="Link Lyman">Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Michalske" title="Mike Michalske">Michalske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Musso" title="George Musso">Musso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Owen_(American_football)" title="Steve Owen (American football)">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Slater" title="Duke Slater">D. Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Stydahar" title="Joe Stydahar">Stydahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Trafton" title="George Trafton">Trafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulldog_Turner" title="Bulldog Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Wojciechowicz" title="Alex Wojciechowicz">Wojciechowicz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defensive<br />linemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Atkins" title="Doug Atkins">Atkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Bethea" title="Elvin Bethea">Bethea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_Buchanan" title="Buck Buchanan">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curley_Culp" title="Curley Culp">Culp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Davis_(defensive_end)" title="Willie Davis (defensive end)">W. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Dean" title="Fred Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dent" title="Richard Dent">Dent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Doleman" title="Chris Doleman">Doleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Donovan" title="Art Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Eller" title="Carl Eller">Eller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Ford" title="Len Ford">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Freeney" title="Dwight Freeney">Freeney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Greene" title="Joe Greene">J. Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Haley" title="Charles Haley">Haley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hampton" title="Dan Hampton">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Humphrey" title="Claude Humphrey">Humphrey</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">D. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Jordan" title="Henry Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Karras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortez_Kennedy" title="Cortez Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Klecko" title="Joe Klecko">Klecko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lilly" title="Bob Lilly">Lilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howie_Long" title="Howie Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gino_Marchetti" title="Gino Marchetti">Marchetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_McMichael" title="Steve McMichael">McMichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Nomellini" title="Leo Nomellini">Nomellini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlin_Olsen" title="Merlin Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Page" title="Alan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Peppers" title="Julius Peppers">Peppers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Randle" title="John Randle">Randle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Robustelli" title="Andy Robustelli">Robustelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Sapp" title="Warren Sapp">Sapp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Roy_Selmon" title="Lee Roy Selmon">Selmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Seymour" title="Richard Seymour">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Smith" title="Bruce Smith">B. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle" title="Ed Sprinkle">Sprinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Stautner" title="Ernie Stautner">Stautner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Strahan" title="Michael Strahan">Strahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Jason Taylor (American football)">Ja. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Weinmeister" title="Arnie Weinmeister">Weinmeister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_White_(American_football)" title="Randy White (American football)">Ra. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">Re. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Willis" title="Bill Willis">B. Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryant_Young" title="Bryant Young">B. Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Youngblood" title="Jack Youngblood">Youngblood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Linebackers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Bednarik" title="Chuck Bednarik">Bednarik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bell" title="Bobby Bell">Bo. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brazile" title="Robert Brazile">Brazile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Brooks" title="Derrick Brooks">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Buoniconti" title="Nick Buoniconti">Buoniconti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Butkus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Carson" title="Harry Carson">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Connor_(American_football)" title="George Connor (American football)">Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_George_(linebacker)" title="Bill George (linebacker)">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Gradishar" title="Randy Gradishar">Gradishar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Greene" title="Kevin Greene">K. Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ham" title="Jack Ham">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hanburger" title="Chris Hanburger">Hanburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Hendricks" title="Ted Hendricks">Hendricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howley" title="Chuck Howley">Howley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Huff" title="Sam Huff">Huff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickey_Jackson" title="Rickey Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lambert_(American_football)" title="Jack Lambert (American football)">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Lanier" title="Willie Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Lewis" title="Ray Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mills" title="Sam Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Nitschke" title="Ray Nitschke">Nitschke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Richter" title="Les Richter">Richter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Robinson_(American_football)" title="Dave Robinson (American football)">D. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)" title="Joe Schmidt (American football)">Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junior_Seau" title="Junior Seau">Seau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Singletary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor" title="Lawrence Taylor">L. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Thomas" title="Derrick Thomas">D. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Thomas" title="Zach Thomas">Z. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Tippett" title="Andre Tippett">Tippett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Urlacher" title="Brian Urlacher">Urlacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Ware" title="DeMarcus Ware">Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wilcox" title="Dave Wilcox">Wilcox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Willis" title="Patrick Willis">P. Willis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defensive backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Adderley" title="Herb Adderley">Adderley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Atwater" title="Steve Atwater">Atwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champ_Bailey" title="Champ Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronde_Barber" title="Ronde Barber">Barber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lem_Barney" title="Lem Barney">Barney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Blount" title="Mel Blount">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Brown_(American_football)" title="Willie Brown (American football)">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Butler_(American_football)" title="Jack Butler (American football)">J. Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeRoy_Butler" title="LeRoy Butler">L. Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Christiansen" title="Jack Christiansen">Christiansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dawkins" title="Brian Dawkins">Dawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Dillon" title="Bobby Dillon">Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Easley" title="Kenny Easley">Easley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Green" title="Darrell Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Harris" title="Cliff Harris">C. Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Haynes_(cornerback)" title="Mike Haynes (cornerback)">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Houston" title="Ken Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(cornerback)" title="Jimmy Johnson (cornerback)">J. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Krause" title="Paul Krause">Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Train_Lane" title="Night Train Lane">Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_Lary" title="Yale Lary">Lary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Law" title="Ty Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_LeBeau" title="Dick LeBeau">LeBeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Lott" title="Ronnie Lott">Lott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lynch_(American_football)" title="John Lynch (American football)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Polamalu" title="Troy Polamalu">Polamalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Reed" title="Ed Reed">E. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Renfro" title="Mel Renfro">Renfro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrelle_Revis" title="Darrelle Revis">Revis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Riley" title="Ken Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Robinson_(safety)" title="Johnny Robinson (safety)">J. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deion_Sanders" title="Deion Sanders">D. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnie_Shell" title="Donnie Shell">D. Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Thomas" title="Emmitt Thomas">E. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell" title="Emlen Tunnell">Tunnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Wehrli" title="Roger Wehrli">Wehrli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeneas_Williams" title="Aeneas Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Larry Wilson (American football)">L. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wood" title="Willie Wood">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">C. Woodson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Woodson" title="Rod Woodson">R. Woodson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morten_Andersen" title="Morten Andersen">Andersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Groza" title="Lou Groza">Groza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Guy" title="Ray Guy">Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Hester" title="Devin Hester">Hester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Stenerud" title="Jan Stenerud">Stenerud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coaches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_football_coach)" title="George Allen (American football coach)">G. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown" title="Paul Brown">P. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Chamberlin" title="Guy Chamberlin">Chamberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Conzelman" title="Jimmy Conzelman">Conzelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Coryell" title="Don Coryell">Coryell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cowher" title="Bill Cowher">Cowher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Dungy" title="Tony Dungy">Dungy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weeb_Ewbank" title="Weeb Ewbank">Ewbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Flaherty" title="Ray Flaherty">Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Flores" title="Tom Flores">Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs" title="Joe Gibbs">Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Gillman" title="Sid Gillman">Gillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Grant" title="Bud Grant">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(American_football_coach)" title="Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)">J. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Landry" title="Tom Landry">Landry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Levy" title="Marv Levy">Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Lombardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">Madden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greasy_Neale" title="Greasy Neale">Neale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Noll" title="Chuck Noll">Noll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Owen_(American_football)" title="Steve Owen (American football)">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Parcells" title="Bill Parcells">Parcells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Shula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Stram" title="Hank Stram">Stram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vermeil" title="Dick Vermeil">Vermeil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Walsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contributors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Beathard" title="Bobby Beathard">Beathard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell" title="Bert Bell">Be. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bidwill" title="Charles Bidwill">Bidwill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Bowlen" title="Pat Bowlen">Bowlen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Brandt" title="Gil Brandt">Brandt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Carr" title="Joseph Carr">Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Davis" title="Al Davis">A. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._DeBartolo_Jr." title="Edward J. DeBartolo Jr.">DeBartolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Finks" title="Jim Finks">Finks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Hunt" title="Lamar Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Jones" title="Jerry Jones">J. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Mara" title="Tim Mara">T. Mara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Mara" title="Wellington Mara">W. Mara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Preston_Marshall" title="George Preston Marshall">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_McNally" title="Art McNally">A. McNally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nunn_(American_football)" title="Bill Nunn (American football)">Nunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Polian" title="Bill Polian">Polian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shorty_Ray" title="Shorty Ray">Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Reeves_(American_football_executive)" title="Dan Reeves (American football executive)">Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Rooney" title="Art Rooney">A. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_M._Rooney" title="Dan M. Rooney">D. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Rozelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sabol" title="Ed Sabol">E. Sabol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sabol" title="Steve Sabol">S. Sabol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tex_Schramm" title="Tex Schramm">Schramm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tagliabue" title="Paul Tagliabue">Tagliabue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Wilson" title="Ralph Wilson">R. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wolf" title="Ron Wolf">Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Young_(American_football_executive)" title="George Young (American football executive)">G. Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>Italics</i> denotes members who have been elected, but not yet inducted.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Washington_Commanders" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;background-color: #5A1414 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Washington_Commanders" title="Template:Washington Commanders"><abbr title="View this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Washington_Commanders" title="Template talk:Washington Commanders"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Washington_Commanders" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Washington Commanders"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Washington_Commanders" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders" title="Washington Commanders"><span style="color:white">Washington Commanders</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;"><div> <ul><li>Formerly the <b>Boston Braves</b> (1932), <b>Boston Redskins</b> (1933–1936), <b>Washington Redskins</b> (1937–2019), and <b>Washington Football Team</b> (2020–2021)</li> <li>Based in <b>Landover, Maryland</b></li> <li>Headquartered in <b>Ashburn, Virginia</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Washington_Commanders" title="History of the Washington Commanders">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Washington_Commanders_seasons" title="List of Washington Commanders seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders_all-time_roster" title="Washington Commanders all-time roster">All-time roster</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders_all-time_roster_(A%E2%80%93Ke)" title="Washington Commanders all-time roster (A–Ke)">A–Ke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders_all-time_roster_(Kh%E2%80%93Z)" title="Washington Commanders all-time roster (Kh–Z)">Kh–Z</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Washington_Commanders_head_coaches" title="List of Washington Commanders head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders_draft_history" title="Washington Commanders draft history">Draft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Washington_Commanders_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Washington Commanders first-round draft picks">first-round picks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Washington_Commanders_starting_quarterbacks" title="List of Washington Commanders starting quarterbacks">Starting quarterbacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Washington_Commanders_team_records" title="List of Washington Commanders team records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Washington_Commanders_broadcasters" title="List of Washington Commanders broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Stadiums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Braves_Field" title="Braves Field">Braves Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffith_Stadium" title="Griffith Stadium">Griffith Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Memorial_Stadium" title="Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium">RFK Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Stadium" title="Northwest Stadium">Northwest Stadium</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Managing partner: <a href="/wiki/Josh_Harris_(businessman)" title="Josh Harris (businessman)">Josh Harris</a></li> <li>Prominent limited partners: <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Rales" title="Mitchell Rales">Mitchell Rales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ein" title="Mark Ein">Mark Ein</a></li> <li>General manager: <a href="/wiki/Adam_Peters" title="Adam Peters">Adam Peters</a></li> <li>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Quinn_(American_football)" title="Dan Quinn (American football)">Dan Quinn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Culture and lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Hail_to_the_Commanders" title="Hail to the Commanders">Hail to the Commanders</a>" <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders_Marching_Band" title="Washington Commanders Marching Band">Marching Band</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Tuddy" title="Major Tuddy">Major Tuddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hogettes" title="Hogettes">Hogettes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Zee" title="Chief Zee">Chief Zee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins_name_controversy" title="Washington Redskins name controversy">Redskins name controversy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Washington_Redskins_name_change_advocates" title="List of Washington Redskins name change advocates">Name change advocates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins_name_opinion_polls" title="Washington Redskins name opinion polls">Opinion polls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins_trademark_dispute" title="Washington Redskins trademark dispute">Trademark dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins_Original_Americans_Foundation" title="Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation">Original Americans Foundation</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_Fund_Yourself" title="Go Fund Yourself">Go Fund Yourself</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Replacements_(film)" title="The Replacements (film)">The Replacements</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everybody%27s_All-American_(film)" title="Everybody's All-American (film)">Everybody's All-American</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redskins_Rule" title="Redskins Rule">Redskins Rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Flagship" title="Operation Flagship">Operation Flagship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Williams_trade" title="Ricky Williams trade">Ricky Williams trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hogs_(American_football)" title="The Hogs (American football)">The Hogs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fun_Bunch" title="The Fun Bunch">The Fun Bunch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Over-the-Hill_Gang_(American_football)" title="The Over-the-Hill Gang (American football)">The Over-the-Hill Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">Bears 73, Redskins 0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Body_Bag_Game" title="Body Bag Game">Body Bag Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhouse_in_Maryland" title="Madhouse in Maryland">Madhouse in Maryland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commanders%E2%80%93Cowboys_rivalry" title="Commanders–Cowboys rivalry">Dallas Cowboys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commanders%E2%80%93Giants_rivalry" title="Commanders–Giants rivalry">New York Giants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commanders%E2%80%93Eagles_rivalry" title="Commanders–Eagles rivalry">Philadelphia Eagles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Division championships (15)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_Boston_Redskins_season" title="1936 Boston Redskins season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1937 Washington Redskins season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1940 Washington Redskins season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1942 Washington Redskins season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1943 Washington Redskins season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1945 Washington Redskins season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1972 Washington Redskins season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1983 Washington Redskins season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1984 Washington Redskins season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1987 Washington Redskins season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1991 Washington Redskins season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1999 Washington Redskins season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Washington_Redskins_season" title="2012 Washington Redskins season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Washington_Redskins_season" title="2015 Washington Redskins season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Washington_Football_Team_season" title="2020 Washington Football Team season">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Conference championships (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_NFC_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 NFC Championship Game">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_season" title="1983 NFL season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_season" title="1987 NFL season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NFL_season" title="1991 NFL season">1991</a></li></ul> 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