Steve Stonebreaker
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Position: | Tight end Linebacker | ||
Personal information | |||
Born: | Moline, Illinois, U.S. | October 28, 1938||
Died: | March 28, 1995 Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 56)||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
High school: | Utica (MI) | ||
College: | University of Detroit | ||
NFL draft: | 1961 / Round: 12 / Pick: 155 | ||
AFL draft: | 1962 / Round: 34 / Pick: 266 | ||
Career history | |||
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Career NFL statistics | |||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Thornton Steve Stonebreaker1967 NFL Expansion Draft and was one of the original New Orleans Saints players. He also played a football player in the 1969 Charlton Heston movie Number One, which featured the New Orleans Saints.[2]
During his professional career, Stonebreaker played all 14 games each year except for 1966 and 1967, when he played only 4 and 10 games, respectively.Baltimore Colts but lost 27–0 to Cleveland Browns.
After he retired from football, Stonebreaker had several jobs including serving as a New Orleans Saints
crabcakes, which he learned to make when he played for the Baltimore Colts. The interior decor of the restaurant was NFL memorabilia. The restaurant closed shortly after his death.[6] At the time of his death, the restaurant was in financial trouble and Stonebreaker may have learned that his previously diagnosed cancer had returned.[7] Stonebreaker committed suicide on March 28, 1995, at the age of 56, by subjecting himself to carbon monoxide poisoning from a car exhaust.[8]
Stonebreaker's son
Notre Dame University and played professional football for three years. He was with the Chicago Bears in 1991 and then the New Orleans Saints in 1994. He won an NFL Europe (WLAF, World League) championship with the Frankfurt Galaxy in World Bowl '95
.
Steve and Mike are one of only four father/son duos to have both played for the New Orleans Saints.[9]
References
- ^ Social Security Death Index
- ^ "Number One". IMDb.
- ^ "Steve Stonebreaker Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Deuce McAllister joins New Orleans Saints radio network, will replace Hokie Gajan as color analyst".
- ^ "New Orleans Menu".
- ^ Lost Restaurants of New Orleans, Peggy Scott Laborde and Tom. Fitzmorris, IBN 978-1-5980-977-0, Pelican Publishing Company.
- ^ "Baltimore Sun: Baltimore breaking news, sports, business, entertainment, weather and traffic".
- ^ SPORTS BRIEFS|Milwaukee Journal
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
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