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Born: | Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. | June 14, 1933||||||
Died: | June 2, 2015 Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. | (aged 81)||||||
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NFL draft: | 1956 / Round: 4 / Pick: 47 | ||||||
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John Stavros Mellekas (June 14, 1933 – June 2, 2015) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). [1]
Mellekas played 4 years of football and basketball at Rogers High School in Newport and was named as an inaugural inductee into the Rogers High School hall of fame in January 2008 [2] and then played college football at the University of Arizona. [3] He was a 4th round selection (47th overall pick) in the 1956 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears. [4] He played for the Bears (1956–1961), [5] the San Francisco 49ers (1962), [6] and the Philadelphia Eagles (1963). [7]
Following his career, he was employed by the Newport school department as a physical education teacher for 36 years, retiring in 1996. Mellekas died in his hometown of Newport, Rhode Island on June 2, 2015. [8] He was a Greek Orthodox Christian. [9][ circular reference]
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Born: | Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. | June 14, 1933||||||
Died: | June 2, 2015 Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. | (aged 81)||||||
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College: | Arizona | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1956 / Round: 4 / Pick: 47 | ||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
John Stavros Mellekas (June 14, 1933 – June 2, 2015) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). [1]
Mellekas played 4 years of football and basketball at Rogers High School in Newport and was named as an inaugural inductee into the Rogers High School hall of fame in January 2008 [2] and then played college football at the University of Arizona. [3] He was a 4th round selection (47th overall pick) in the 1956 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears. [4] He played for the Bears (1956–1961), [5] the San Francisco 49ers (1962), [6] and the Philadelphia Eagles (1963). [7]
Following his career, he was employed by the Newport school department as a physical education teacher for 36 years, retiring in 1996. Mellekas died in his hometown of Newport, Rhode Island on June 2, 2015. [8] He was a Greek Orthodox Christian. [9][ circular reference]