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- Birth nameDavid D. Jones
- Nickname
- Secretary of Defense
- Height6′ 5″ (1.96 m)
- Defensive left end for the L.A. Rams. Member of the "Fearsome Foursome" [Jones, Lamar Lundy, Merlin Olsen and Roosevelt Grier]. Specialized in 'sacking' the quarterback. Has been given credit for originating that term. Inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame. Has guest-starred on several TV series during the 1970s.
- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous
- SpouseElizabeth Gail Pinto(January 29, 1991 - June 3, 2013) (his death, 1 child)
- After his death, the NFL announced the establishment of the Deacon Jones Award, to be given to the annual leader in quarterback sacks.
- Shares a birthday with fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member and Miller Lite pitchman Dick Butkus.
- Played for the Los Angeles Rams (1961-1971), San Diego Chargers (1972-1973) and Washington Redskins (1974).
- After retiring from football, he was radio broadcaster for the Los Angeles Rams on radio, did TV roles and commercials and created the Deacon Jones Foundation in Anaheim Hills, which provides expenses for poor students in college in exchange their commitment to do volunteer work back in their own communities.
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- You take all the offensive linemen [in football] and put them in a burlap bag, and then you take a baseball bat and beat on the bag. You're sacking them, you're bagging them. And that's what you're doing with a quarterback.
- The head slap was not my invention, but Rembrandt, of course, did not invent painting. The quickness of my hands and the length of my arms, it was perfect for me. It was the greatest thing I ever did, and when I left the game, they outlawed it.
- Unlike many black people then [in the segregated South of the 1950s] I was determined not to be what society said I was. Thank God I had the ability to play a violent game like football. It gave me an outlet for the anger in my heart.
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