Ike Lassiter
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NFL draft: | 1962 / Round: 9 / Pick: 115 | ||||||
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Isaac "Ike" Thomas Lassiter (November 15, 1940 – February 15, 2015) was an American
Professional career
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,[2] 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.[3]
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.
Personal life
He attended
Death
He retired to Oakland, California and died on February 15, 2015.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Pre-1982 Sacks Added to Pro Football Reference".
- ^ "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.
- List of National Football League records (team)#Sacks
- ^ "Mr. Isaac Thomas Lassiter Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-06-22.