Ike Lassiter

Isaac "Ike" Thomas Lassiter (November 15, 1940 – February 15, 2015) was an American college and professional football defensive lineman. He is an alumnus of St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he received a bachelor's degree in physical education. Lassiter played professionally for the American Football League's Denver Broncos and the AFL's Oakland Raiders, where he was an AFL All-Star in 1966. He played as the starting left defensive end in Super Bowl II for the 1967 Raiders. In the 1967 regular season on a Raiders team with a won-lost record of 13–1, he was one of the main pass-rushers of a front four including Dan Birdwell, Tom Keating, and Ben Davidson with a combined league-leading total of 67 sacks and 665 yards lost,[3] the latter an all-time record, the all-time record for sacks being 72, done in a 16-game season, the Raiders leading the league in sacks from 1966 to 1968, an all-time record.[4]

Ike Lassiter
No. 73, 77, 87
Position:Defensive lineman
Personal information
Born:(1940-11-15)November 15, 1940
Wilson, North Carolina, U.S.
Died:February 15, 2015(2015-02-15) (aged 74)
Oakland, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
College:St. Augustine's
NFL Draft:1962 / Round: 9 / Pick: 115
(by the Los Angeles Rams)[1]
Career history
Career highlights and awards

AFL record

  • 17 sacks in a season (1967)[2]
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

He ended his NFL career with the Boston / New England Patriots in 1970 and 1971. Lassiter was traded to the Washington Redskins in 1972, but did not make the team. He sat out the next two seasons, but played for the Jacksonville Sharks in 1974 in the World Football League. He retired to Oakland, California and died on February 15, 2015.[5]

See also

References
  1. "1962 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Pre-1982 Sacks Added to Pro Football Reference".
  3. "The Raiders are again the class of the West, but the - 09.16.68 - SI Vault". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  4. List of National Football League records (team)#Sacks
  5. "Mr. Isaac Thomas Lassiter Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-06-22.


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