American football offensive lineman

Ken_Jackson_(American_football)

Kenneth Gene "The Tall Texan" Jackson (April 26, 1929 – January 28, 1998) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. A native of Austin, Texas, Jackson played for six seasons for the Dallas Texans and the Baltimore Colts.
Hall of Famer Art Donovan was Jackson's teammate on the Colts and shared this anecdote: "Jackson had this fight with Big Daddy [Lipscomb] up in training camp. Actually it wasn't really a fight. Big Daddy took a sucker shot at Jackson and decked him. By the time Jackson scrambled back up into the fray, there were people already breaking it up, so Jackson never really got any licks in. But he turned to Big Daddy and said, 'I'm gonna get you, you dirty bastard. You're dead meat.' No one doubted that he meant it.
"Every year the Colts would play an intrasquad exhibition game for the benefit of various Baltimore charities—the Boys' Club and whatnot—and sixty-two thousand fans would fill Memorial Stadium. So the 1957 game was perhaps three weeks after the fight, and nothing had happened between Big Daddy and Jackson. Then, right in the middle of the game, Jackson did it. He butted Big Daddy—broke his face mask, shattered his nose, and knocked a couple of teeth out. They dragged Big Daddy off the field unconscious. And when he woke up on the bench, he began mumbling, 'I'm gonna kill that Texas bastard. I'm gonna go back in there and kill him.'
"Jackson heard about it, went over to Big Daddy on the sideline, and told him, 'I hope you come back in for more. Cause I ain't through with you yet. I'm gonna murder you.' And he had this gleam in his eyes that really shook Big Daddy. Hell, it shook me, too. We went up to Big Daddy and told him, 'Gene, stay away from that guy. He will kill you.' And from that day on, Big Daddy avoided the Tall Texan like the plague. Jackson was a crazy bastard."

Jim_Lansford

James Albert "Longhorn Jim" Lansford (August 19, 1930 – January 17, 1989) was a professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League who played one season for the Dallas Texans (1952). Prior to that he played three years of college football at Texas. While at Texas, he played in the 1951 Cotton Bowl.
He was an accomplished athlete who played football, baseball, basketball and track at Carrizo Springs High School.
While at Texas he earned a B.S. and a Master's degree in physical education.

Ken_Adamson

Kenneth Marshall Adamson (October 12, 1938 – November 14, 2023) was an American professional football player who was a guard for the Denver Broncos of the American Football League (AFL) from 1960 through 1962. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Playing with Denver, he was an AFL All-Star in 1961. Adamson died on November 14, 2023, at the age of 85.

Woody_Peoples

Woodrow Peoples, Jr. (August 16, 1943 – October 12, 2010) was an American football offensive lineman. The undrafted Grambling State University standout was a two-time Pro Bowler with the San Francisco 49ers, and a member of the 1980 National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles during his 13-year National Football League (NFL) career.
Peoples was inducted into the American Football Association's Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

Monte_Smith

Monte Gene Smith (born April 24, 1967) is a former guard in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the ninth round of the 1989 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos. He played the 1989 season with the team. After a year away from the NFL, he was again a member of the team during the 1991 NFL season, but did not see any playing time in a regular season game.

Steve_Trapilo

Stephen Paul Trapilo (September 20, 1964 – May 21, 2004) was a professional American football guard in the National Football League (NFL). He attended Boston College. He played with the New Orleans Saints from 1987 to 1990, and again in 1992. He was selected by the Saints in the fourth round of the 1987 NFL draft.Trapilo died of a heart attack on May 21, 2004, while on vacation with his family in Effingham, New Hampshire.