Rocky Rasley

Rocky Rasley

Infobox NFL player


ImageWidth= 90px
Caption= Rocky Rasley headshot, 1975
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1947|4|27
Birthplace= Bakersfield, CA
DateOfDeath=
Height_ft=6
Height_in=3
Weight_lbs=252
Position=Guard
College=Oregon State
DraftedYear=1969
DraftedRound=9
Career Highlights=Y
CFLAllStar=
ProBowls=
Awards=
Honors=Oregon Sports Hall of Fame inductee (1967 OSU Football Team)
Retired #s=
Records=
Stats=Y
PFR=
DatabaseFootball=RASLEROC01
NFL=
CBS=
ESPN=
SportsIllustrated=
years=1969-1973
1974
1975
1976
teams=Detroit Lions
New Orleans Saints
Kansas City Chiefs
San Francisco 49ers
CollegeHOF=
HOF=

Rocky Rasley (born April 27, 1947 in Bakersfield, California) is a former American football guard in the National Football League from 1969-1970, 1972-1976. He attended Bakersfield's South High School and Bakersfield College before enrolling at Oregon State University where he played college football under Dee Andros during the "Giant Killers" season of 1967. [http://oregonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=121020] The entire 1967 squad was later inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. [http://www.oregonsportshall.com/inductee/roll/teams.htm]

Rasley was one of five Beavers selected in the 1969 NFL Draft, and was selected in the ninth round (216th overall) by the Detroit Lions. [http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf7/17831.pdf?ATCLID=153842&SPSID=27968&SPID=1952&DB_OEM_ID=4700] . He played with the Lions for the 1969 and 1970 seasons, was on the Lions' taxi-squad during 1971, and rejoined the team for the 1972 and 1973 seasons. [http://beckys-place.com/2005images/rasleybio.jpg] He then went to the New Orleans Saints for a season, followed by a season with the Kansas City Chiefs. Rasley was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the 1976 expansion draft, but did not make the active roster and wound up playing for the San Francisco 49ers his last season. [http://beckys-place.com/60rasley.html]

Prior to joining the NFL, Rasley was a competitive wrestler, and was a member of the United States wrestling team that competed at the 1969 FILA World Championships. [http://www.wrestlinghalloffame.org/champions/?events&event=468] Rasley also wrestled for the Oregon State Beavers wrestling team, and was a letterman in 1968. [http://osubeavers.nmnathletics.com//pdf6/26123.pdf?SPSID=37974&SPID=1958&DB_OEM_ID=4700]

References

* [http://oregonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=121020 Season of the Giant Killers]
* [http://beckys-place.com/rasley.html Becky's Place Page Regarding Rasley]
* [http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf7/17831.pdf?ATCLID=153842&SPSID=27968&SPID=1952&DB_OEM_ID=4700 Oregon State University Historical NFL Draft Picks]
* [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=1284 1976 NFL Expansion Draft]
* [http://www.wrestlinghalloffame.org/champions/?events&event=468 United States FILA Team 1969]
* [http://www.oregonsportshall.com/inductee/roll/teams.htm Teams inducted into Oregon Sports Hall of Fame]


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