Lionel Sylvester Antoine (August 31, 1950 – December 7, 2021) was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
offensive tackle for the
Chicago Bears in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL). He played
college football at
Southern Illinois University
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Board of trustees
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.
He was drafted by the Bears with the third-overall pick in the
1972 NFL Draft
The 1972 NFL draft was held February 1–2, 1972, at the Essex House in New York City, New York. With the first overall pick of the draft, the Buffalo Bills selected defensive end Walt Patulski.
Player selections
Round one
Round two
...
. He played seven seasons in the NFL before a knee injury ended his career. He died on December 7, 2021, at the age of 71.
References
1950 births
2021 deaths
American football offensive tackles
Chicago Bears players
Players of American football from Mississippi
Southern Illinois Salukis football players
Sportspeople from Biloxi, Mississippi
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