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line-height: 1.2em;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: initial;">Fred Dean</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fred_Dean.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/Fred_Dean.jpg/275px-Fred_Dean.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Fred_Dean.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="250" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Dean with the San Francisco 49ers</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">No. 71, 74</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">1952-02-24</span>)</span>February 24, 1952<br /><a href="/wiki/Arcadia,_Louisiana" title="Arcadia, Louisiana">Arcadia, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">October 14, 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-10-14)</span> (aged 68)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</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 3 in (1.91 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">230 lb (104 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/Ruston_High_School" title="Ruston High School">Ruston</a> <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/Ruston,_Louisiana" title="Ruston, Louisiana">Ruston, Louisiana</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_Bulldogs_football" title="Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football">Louisiana Tech</a> (1971–1974)</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/1975_NFL_draft" title="1975 NFL draft">1975</a> / round: 2 / pick: 33</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/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_season" title="1975 NFL season">1975</a>–<a href="/wiki/1981_NFL_season" title="1981 NFL season">1981</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1981_NFL_season" title="1981 NFL season">1981</a>–<a href="/wiki/1985_NFL_season" title="1985 NFL season">1985</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/List_of_Super_Bowl_champions" title="List of Super Bowl champions">Super Bowl champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVI" title="Super Bowl XVI">XVI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIX" title="Super Bowl XIX">XIX</a>)</li> <li>2× First-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980_All-Pro_Team" title="1980 All-Pro Team">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1981_All-Pro_Team" title="1981 All-Pro Team">1981</a>)</li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980_Pro_Bowl" title="1980 Pro Bowl">1979</a>–<a href="/wiki/1982_Pro_Bowl" title="1982 Pro Bowl">1981</a>, <a href="/wiki/1984_Pro_Bowl" title="1984 Pro Bowl">1983</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPI_NFC_Player_of_the_Year" title="UPI NFC Player of the Year">NFC Defensive Player of the Year</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame">San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers_Hall_of_Fame" title="Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame">Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_San_Diego_Chargers_50th_Anniversary_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="List of San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team">San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_San_Diego_Chargers_40th_Anniversary_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="List of San Diego Chargers 40th Anniversary Team">San Diego Chargers 40th Anniversary Team</a></li> <li>Second-team <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1974 College Football All-America Team">1974</a>)</li> <li>First-team <a href="/wiki/Little_All-America_college_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Little All-America college football team">Little All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_Little_All-America_college_football_team" title="1974 Little All-America college football team">1974</a>)</li> <li>Second-team Little All-American (<a href="/wiki/1973_Little_All-America_college_football_team" title="1973 Little All-America college football team">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_University_Athletic_Hall_of_Fame" title="Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame">Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame</a></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/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">Sacks</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">28</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Fumble" title="Fumble">Fumble</a> recoveries:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">13</td></tr><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;">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Interception yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">22</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Defensive <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdowns</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">2</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/D/DeanFr00.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/Fred-Dean">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></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="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2232">College Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Frederick Rudolph Dean</b> (February 24, 1952 – October 14, 2020) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> player who was a <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">defensive end</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). A two-time first-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> and a four-time <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowler</a>, he won two <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowls</a> with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</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 2008. </p><p>Dean played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_Bulldogs_football" title="Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football">Louisiana Tech Bulldogs</a>. He was selected in the second round of the <a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_draft" title="1975 NFL draft">1975 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a>. He was traded to San Francisco in 1981 due to a contract dispute. He is a member of both the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers_Hall_of_Fame" title="Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame">Chargers Hall of Fame</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame">49ers Hall of Fame</a>. </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=Fred_Dean&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dean was born in <a href="/wiki/Arcadia,_Louisiana" title="Arcadia, Louisiana">Arcadia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-pfhof_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfhof-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the seat of <a href="/wiki/Bienville_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienville Parish">Bienville Parish</a> in north <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>. He grew up 20 miles (32 km) east in <a href="/wiki/Ruston,_Louisiana" title="Ruston, Louisiana">Ruston</a>, where he attended the all-Black, <a href="/wiki/School_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="School segregation in the United States">segregated</a> Lincoln High School. After <a href="/wiki/School_integration_in_the_United_States" title="School integration in the United States">integration</a>, he moved as a <a href="/wiki/Junior_(education_year)" title="Junior (education year)">junior</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ruston_High_School" title="Ruston High School">Ruston High</a>, where he graduated.<sup id="cite_ref-pfhof_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfhof-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<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=Fred_Dean&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dean was a standout at <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_University" title="Louisiana Tech University">Louisiana Tech University</a> in Ruston, having spurned an opportunity to play for legendary coach <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_(Grambling_football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Robinson (Grambling football coach)">Eddie Robinson</a> at nearby <a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_University" title="Grambling State University">Grambling State University</a>, which at the time was sending <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> players to the NFL on a yearly basis.<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> Playing mostly as an <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">end</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-thomas_07302008_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas_07302008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dean excelled as a <a href="/wiki/Defensive_lineman" class="mw-redirect" title="Defensive lineman">defensive lineman</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_Bulldogs_football" title="Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football">Bulldogs</a> and was a four-time all-conference selection and two-time conference defensive player of the year in the <a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-shreveport_07112017_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shreveport_07112017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nff_05122009_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nff_05122009-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was an <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> as a senior in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-nff_05122009_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nff_05122009-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<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=Fred_Dean&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="San_Diego_Chargers">San Diego Chargers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Dean&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: San Diego Chargers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dean was selected by the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> in the second round of the <a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_draft" title="1975 NFL draft">1975 NFL draft</a> with the 33rd overall pick. Chargers coach <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Prothro" title="Tommy Prothro">Tommy Prothro</a> initially projected him as a <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacker</a> but eventually relented to Dean's wish to remain a lineman.<sup id="cite_ref-thomas_07302008_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas_07302008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a rookie, he had seven <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">sacks</a> and registered his career-high of 93 <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(football_move)" title="Tackle (football move)">tackles</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> He recorded <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">15<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> sacks in <a href="/wiki/1978_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="1978 San Diego Chargers season">1978</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thomas_07302008_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas_07302008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/1979_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="1979 San Diego Chargers season">1979</a>, the Chargers won the <a href="/wiki/AFC_West" title="AFC West">AFC West</a> division while leading the AFC in fewest points allowed (246).<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> Dean had nine sacks in 13 games and was named to the All-AFC team.<sup id="cite_ref-InSeasonTrade_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InSeasonTrade-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p><p>The Chargers again won the AFC West in <a href="/wiki/1980_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="1980 San Diego Chargers season">1980</a>, with Dean teaming with fellow 1975 Charger draftees <a href="/wiki/Gary_%22Big_Hands%22_Johnson" title="Gary "Big Hands" Johnson">Gary "Big Hands" Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louie_Kelcher" title="Louie Kelcher">Louie Kelcher</a> as the Chargers led the NFL in sacks (60).<sup id="cite_ref-foxsports_08112010_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foxsports_08112010-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-espn_03292009_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn_03292009-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dean had missed the first two games of the season after not reporting, but still finished the season with <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> sacks.<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> He and Johnson were named first-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a>, with Kelcher being named second-team All-Pro. The trio along with <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Jones_(American_football)" title="Leroy Jones (American football)">Leroy Jones</a> formed a defensive front that was nicknamed the <a href="/wiki/Bruise_Brothers_(San_Diego_Chargers)" title="Bruise Brothers (San Diego Chargers)">Bruise Brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-foxsports_08112010_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foxsports_08112010-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-espn_03292009_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn_03292009-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="San_Francisco_49ers">San Francisco 49ers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Dean&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: San Francisco 49ers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_(24937975708).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_%2824937975708%29.jpg/220px-Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_%2824937975708%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_%2824937975708%29.jpg/330px-Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_%2824937975708%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_%2824937975708%29.jpg/440px-Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_%2824937975708%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Dean's uniform with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/1981_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="1981 San Francisco 49ers season">1981</a>, Dean was traded to the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> due to a contract dispute with Chargers' ownership.<sup id="cite_ref-cnnsi_01282001_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnnsi_01282001-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He complained that he was the lowest-paid sixth-year defensive lineman in 1980 and that his salary was below the average of all defensive linemen.<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><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> Dean contended that he was making the same amount of money as his brother-in-law who was a truck driver.<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> Originally set to make $75,000 that season,<sup id="cite_ref-zimmerman_11021981_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zimmerman_11021981-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 49ers renegotiated his contract to reportedly near $150,000 a year.<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> The Chargers' defense would not be the same afterwards, and <a href="/wiki/Don_Coryell" title="Don Coryell">Don "Air" Coryell's</a> Chargers teams are now most remembered for its high-scoring, pass-oriented offense that did not have enough defense to make it to a Super Bowl. In 2013, <i><a href="/wiki/U-T_San_Diego" class="mw-redirect" title="U-T San Diego">U-T San Diego</a></i> called the Chargers trading Dean "perhaps the biggest blunder in franchise history".<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> "I can't say how much it affected us, because we did make it to the AFC championship game," said Johnson of the Chargers without Dean. "But I could say if we had more pass rush from the corner, it might've been different".<sup id="cite_ref-thomas_07302008_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomas_07302008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With San Francisco, Dean was used as a <a href="/wiki/Pass-rush" class="mw-redirect" title="Pass-rush">pass-rush</a> specialist, playing only when the 49ers switched from a <a href="/wiki/3%E2%80%934_defense" title="3–4 defense">3–4 defense</a> to a <a href="/wiki/4%E2%80%933_defense" title="4–3 defense">4–3</a> or a <a href="/wiki/4%E2%80%932_nickel" class="mw-redirect" title="4–2 nickel">4–2 nickel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-zimmerman_11021981_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zimmerman_11021981-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined the team mid-season for Game 6 against the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a>.<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> After only a couple of practices, he played and was still able to record two sacks and apply pressure and repeatedly hurry <a href="/wiki/Danny_White" title="Danny White">Danny White</a> in a 45–14 win by the 49ers. His performance was noted by author Tom Danyluk as "the greatest set of downs I have ever seen unleashed by a pass rusher".<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> In what had been a game of possum, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Bill Walsh</a>, the 49er head coach, said to <a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">John Madden</a>, who covered the game, "Fred (Dean) just got here... If he plays, he won't play much".<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> But he played the whole game.<sup id="cite_ref-WholeGame_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WholeGame-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two weeks later at home against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>, the 49ers won 20–17 for their first-ever win against the Rams at home in <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a>, as Dean sacked <a href="/wiki/Pat_Haden" title="Pat Haden">Pat Haden</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">4<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> times.<sup id="cite_ref-zimmerman_11021981_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zimmerman_11021981-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dean was named the <a href="/wiki/UPI_NFC_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year">UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year</a> with 12 sacks while playing in 11 games for the 49ers.<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> The 49ers went on to win <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVI" title="Super Bowl XVI">Super Bowl XVI</a> that year, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Sabol" title="Steve Sabol">Steve Sabol</a> (NFL Films) is quoted in 2006 as saying that Dean's acquisition was the last meaningful in-season trade, in that it affected the destination of the Lombardi Trophy.<sup id="cite_ref-InSeasonTrade_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InSeasonTrade-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> San Francisco, which was 3–2 when Dean arrived, won 13 of their final 14 games, including the playoffs.<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> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1983_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="1983 San Francisco 49ers season">1983</a>, Dean recorded a career-high <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">17<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> sacks to lead the NFC and recorded a then-NFL record of six in one game, setting that mark during the 49ers’ 27–0 shutout of the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> on November 13, 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-pfhof_bio_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfhof_bio-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dean was also a key player on the <a href="/wiki/1984_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="1984 San Francisco 49ers season">1984 squad</a> than won <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIX" title="Super Bowl XIX">Super Bowl XIX</a>. He was reunited with his former Charger teammates Johnson, Kelcher and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Shields" title="Billy Shields">Billy Shields</a>, who were acquired by the 49ers.<sup id="cite_ref-cnnsi_01282001_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnnsi_01282001-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Dean&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dean ended his NFL career with 93 unofficial sacks, according to the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Football_Researchers_Association" title="Professional Football Researchers Association">Professional Football Researchers Association</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> Dean 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 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-pfhof_bio_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfhof_bio-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when his bust, sculpted by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Myers" title="Scott Myers">Scott Myers</a>, was unveiled.<sup id="cite_ref-HOFBust_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOFBust-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ScottMyers_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScottMyers-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FredPam_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FredPam-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also named to both the <a href="/wiki/List_of_San_Diego_Chargers_40th_Anniversary_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="List of San Diego Chargers 40th Anniversary Team">Chargers' 40th</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_San_Diego_Chargers_50th_Anniversary_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="List of San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team">50th anniversary teams</a> and inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers_Hall_of_Fame" title="Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame">Chargers Hall of Fame</a>.<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><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><sup id="cite_ref-2010mg_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010mg-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dean was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_University_Athletic_Hall_of_Fame" title="Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame">Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame</a> in 1990 and the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame">Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame</a> in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-shreveport_07112017_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shreveport_07112017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, Dean was elected to the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nff_05122009_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nff_05122009-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years">Later years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Dean&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his football career, Dean was a minister in his hometown, Ruston.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dean died from <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> while being airlifted from a hospital in <a href="/wiki/West_Monroe,_Louisiana" title="West Monroe, Louisiana">West Monroe, Louisiana</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</a>, on October 14, 2020, during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Mississippi" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. He was 68.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dean is one of at least 345 <a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_players_with_chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy" title="List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy">NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy</a> (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Dean&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_inductees" title="List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees">List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_players_with_chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy" title="List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy">List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy</a></li></ul> <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=Fred_Dean&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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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="https://www.profootballhof.com/players/fred-dean/enshrinement/">"Fred Dean Enshrinement speech"</a>. <i>ProFootballHOF.com</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 16,</span> 2020</span>. <q>In 1981, the 49ers, coming off a 6-10 season, acquired Dean in a trade from San Diego when they were 3-2. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Head coach</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Bill Walsh</a></span></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Coaches</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cas_Banaszek" title="Cas Banaszek">Cas Banaszek</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norb_Hecker" title="Norb Hecker">Norb Hecker</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Milt_Jackson_(American_football)" title="Milt Jackson (American football)">Milt Jackson</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billie_Matthews" title="Billie Matthews">Billie Matthews</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobb_McKittrick" title="Bobb McKittrick">Bobb 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Montana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award"><b>MVP</b></a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 <a href="/wiki/Tom_Orosz" title="Tom Orosz">Tom Orosz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 <a href="/wiki/Eric_Wright_(cornerback,_born_1959)" title="Eric Wright (cornerback, born 1959)">Eric Wright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Hicks" title="Dwight Hicks">Dwight Hicks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Harmon" title="Derrick Harmon">Derrick Harmon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Tyler" title="Wendell Tyler">Wendell Tyler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Williamson" title="Carlton Williamson">Carlton Williamson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 <a href="/wiki/Tom_Holmoe" title="Tom Holmoe">Tom Holmoe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 <a href="/wiki/Mario_Clark" title="Mario Clark">Mario Clark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 <a href="/wiki/Bill_Ring" title="Bill Ring">Bill Ring</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">32 <a href="/wiki/Carl_Monroe" title="Carl Monroe">Carl Monroe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">33 <a href="/wiki/Roger_Craig_(American_football)" title="Roger Craig (American football)">Roger Craig</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">42 <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Lott" title="Ronnie Lott">Ronnie Lott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">43 <a href="/wiki/Dana_McLemore" title="Dana McLemore">Dana McLemore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">49 <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Fuller_(safety)" title="Jeff Fuller (safety)">Jeff Fuller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">50 <a href="/wiki/Riki_Ellison" title="Riki Ellison">Riki Ellison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">51 <a href="/wiki/Randy_Cross" title="Randy Cross">Randy Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">52 <a href="/wiki/Blanchard_Montgomery" title="Blanchard Montgomery">Blanchard Montgomery</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">53 <a href="/wiki/Milt_McColl" title="Milt McColl">Milt McColl</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">54 <a href="/wiki/Ron_Ferrari" title="Ron Ferrari">Ron Ferrari</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">55 <a href="/wiki/Jim_Fahnhorst" title="Jim Fahnhorst">Jim Fahnhorst</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">56 <a href="/wiki/Fred_Quillan" title="Fred Quillan">Fred Quillan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">57 <a href="/wiki/Dan_Bunz" title="Dan Bunz">Dan Bunz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">58 <a href="/wiki/Keena_Turner" title="Keena Turner">Keena Turner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">61 <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Sapolu" title="Jesse Sapolu">Jesse Sapolu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">62 <a href="/wiki/Guy_McIntyre" title="Guy McIntyre">Guy McIntyre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">64 <a href="/wiki/Jack_%22Hacksaw%22_Reynolds" title="Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds">Jack Reynolds</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">65 <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Pillers" title="Lawrence Pillers">Lawrence Pillers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">66 <a href="/wiki/Allan_Kennedy" title="Allan Kennedy">Allan Kennedy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">67 <a href="/wiki/Billy_Shields" title="Billy Shields">Billy Shields</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">67 <a href="/wiki/John_Macaulay_(American_football)" title="John Macaulay (American football)">John Macaulay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">68 <a href="/wiki/John_Ayers" title="John Ayers">John Ayers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">71 <a href="/wiki/Keith_Fahnhorst" title="Keith Fahnhorst">Keith Fahnhorst</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">72 <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Stover" title="Jeff Stover">Jeff Stover</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">74 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Fred Dean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">76 <a href="/wiki/Dwaine_Board" title="Dwaine Board">Dwaine Board</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">77 <a href="/wiki/Bubba_Paris" title="Bubba Paris">Bubba Paris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">78 <a href="/wiki/Manu_Tuiasosopo" title="Manu Tuiasosopo">Manu Tuiasosopo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">79 <a href="/wiki/Jim_Stuckey" title="Jim Stuckey">Jim Stuckey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">81 <a href="/wiki/Russ_Francis" title="Russ Francis">Russ Francis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">83 <a href="/wiki/Renaldo_Nehemiah" title="Renaldo Nehemiah">Renaldo Nehemiah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">84 <a href="/wiki/Al_Dixon" title="Al Dixon">Al Dixon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">85 <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wilson_(wide_receiver)" title="Mike Wilson (wide receiver)">Mike Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">86 <a href="/wiki/John_Frank_(tight_end)" title="John Frank (tight end)">John Frank</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">87 <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Clark" title="Dwight Clark">Dwight Clark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">88 <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Solomon" title="Freddie Solomon">Freddie Solomon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">89 <a href="/wiki/Earl_Cooper_(American_football)" title="Earl Cooper (American football)">Earl Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">90 <a href="/wiki/Todd_Shell" title="Todd Shell">Todd Shell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">94 <a href="/wiki/Louie_Kelcher" title="Louie Kelcher">Louie Kelcher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">95 <a href="/wiki/Michael_Carter_(nose_tackle)" title="Michael Carter (nose tackle)">Michael Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">97 <a href="/wiki/Gary_%22Big_Hands%22_Johnson" title="Gary "Big Hands" Johnson">Gary Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">98 <a href="/wiki/Greg_Boyd_(American_football)" title="Greg Boyd (American football)">Greg Boyd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">99 <a href="/wiki/Michael_Walter_(American_football)" title="Michael Walter (American football)">Mike Walter</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Head coach</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Bill Walsh</a></span></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Coaches</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Hackett_(American_football)" title="Paul Hackett (American football)">Paul Hackett</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hart" title="Tommy Hart">Tommy Hart</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norb_Hecker" title="Norb Hecker">Norb Hecker</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Lewis" title="Sherman Lewis">Sherman Lewis</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobb_McKittrick" title="Bobb McKittrick">Bobb McKittrick</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_McPherson_(American_football)" title="Bill McPherson (American football)">Bill McPherson</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Seifert" title="George Seifert">George Seifert</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Rhodes" title="Ray Rhodes">Ray Rhodes</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_von_Appen" title="Fred von Appen">Fred von Appen</a></span></dd></dl> </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 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">QB</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Fouts</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Hadl" title="John Hadl">Hadl</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Humphries" title="Stan Humphries">Humphries</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Rivers" title="Philip Rivers">Rivers</a></span></dd> <dt><span class="nowrap">RB</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Lincoln" title="Keith Lincoln">Lincoln</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lowe" title="Paul Lowe">P. 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones" title="Deacon Jones">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. 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