- John Tracey
Infobox Pro Football player
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DateOfBirth=June 27 ,1933
Birthplace=Philadelphia, PA
DateOfDeath=September 21 ,1978
Position=Linebacker
College=Texas A&M
NFLDraftedYear=1959
NFLDraftedRound=4 / Pick 44
(By theLos Angeles Rams )
Retired #s=
PFR=TracJo00
DatabaseFootball=TRACEJOH01
Honors
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years=1959-1960
1961
1962-1967
teams=Chicago/St. Louis CardinalsPhiladelphia Eagles
AFLBuffalo Bills
ProBowls=AFL All-Star 1965, 1966
HOF=John Joseph Tracey (
June 27 ,1933 –September 21 ,1978 ) was anAmerican football linebacker . AtTexas A&M University , Tracey held school records for most receptions and most yards receiving. Another "NFL Reject", when he joined theAmerican Football League 'sBuffalo Bills in 1962,Lou Saban liked his speed and agility, and used him at linebacker, where withHarry Jacobs andMike Stratton he filled out the AFL's best linebacking crew, playing together for 67 consecutive games from 1963 through 1967. They helped the formidable front four hold opposing teams without a 100-yard rusher for seventeen consecutive games in 1964 and 1965, and achieved American Football League championships in both those years. In 1963 he led the team with five interceptions. Tracey was an AFL All-Star in 1965 and 1966.ee also
*Other American Football League players
External links
* [http://www.conigliofamily.com/Bills.htm#JOHNTRACEY Tracey's citation in the American Football League Hall of Fame]
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