Lamar Leachman
Personal information
Born:(1932-08-07)August 7, 1932
Cartersville, Georgia, U.S.
Died:October 27, 2012(2012-10-27) (aged 80)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:Cartersville (GA)
College:Tennessee
Position:Center
NFL Draft:1955 / Round: 30 / Pick: 360
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards

Lamar Leachman (August 7, 1932 – October 27, 2012) was an American football coach. He served as an assistant coach for the Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes, New York Giants and Detroit Lions.[1] He was the defensive line coach when the Giants won Super Bowl XXI.[2]

He died on October 27, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at age 80.[3] His death from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was chronicled in The King of Halloween and Miss Firecracker Queen: A Daughter's Tale of Family and Football, a 2018 memoir about growing up in the South with a football coach father authored by Duke University economics professor Lori Leachman.[4]

References

  1. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO FOOTBALL; Lions Hire Leachman". Nytimes.com. February 6, 1990. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Letterman Leachman Passes Away At 80," University of Tennessee Athletics, Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2021
  3. ^ "LAMAR LEACHMAN Obituary - New York, NY | New York Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Steelman, Ben. "When Daddy is a Super Bowl winning coach," The Daily News (Jacksonville, NC), Friday, February 15, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2021
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