Dee Elbert Mackey (October 16, 1934February 26, 2001) was an American football tight end who played professionally for six seasons in the National Football League and the

American Football League The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. ...

. He played for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers (1960) and the

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(1961–1962). He played for the AFL's

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(1963–1965). He played

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and was a 24th round selection (287th overall pick) in the

1958 NFL Draft The 1958 National Football League draft had its first four rounds held on December 2, 1957, and its final twenty-six rounds on January 28, 1958. Both sessions were held at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia. This was the 12th and final year in ...

Personal

Dee Mackey's son Kyle also played football professionally in the NFL and the Arena Football League. Mackey's granddaughter,

Molly Mackey Molly Kathryn Mackey (born December 3, 1992) is an American softball player and coach. Career Mackey attended Overton High School in Overton, Texas. She later attended Angelina College and Kilgore College, before transferring to the University ...

, played NCAA Division I softball at the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 2014–2015. Dee Mackey died at his home in Gladewater, Texas of a heart attack.

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Profile from the 1964 Jets yearbook
1934 births 2001 deaths People from Gilmer, Texas American football tight ends Tyler Apaches football players Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football players Texas A&M–Commerce Lions men's basketball players San Francisco 49ers players Baltimore Colts players New York Jets players American Football League players People from Gladewater, Texas American men's basketball players {{tightend-1930s-stub