John Yaccino (June 27, 1940 – March 20, 2019) was an American football

defensive back In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

. He played for the

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in 1962. He died on March 20, 2019, in

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at age 78.

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