Peter Spencer Lammons Jr. (October 20, 1943 – April 29, 2021) was an American professional
football
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player who was a
tight end
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for the
American Football League
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(AFL)'s
New York Jets
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, winning the
AFL Championship
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with them in 1968, and playing in their victory over the
National Football League
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(NFL) champion
Baltimore Colts
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in the third
AFL-NFL World Championship game. He also played for the NFL's
Green Bay Packers
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.
As a high school freshman, Lammons played briefly under NFL coach
Bum Phillips
Oail Andrew "Bum" Phillips Jr. (September 29, 1923 – October 18, 2013) was an American football coach at the high school, college and professional levels. He served as head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers fro ...
during his tenure as head coach at
Jacksonville High School in
Jacksonville, Texas
Jacksonville is a city located in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,997 at the 2020 U.S. census. It is the principal city of the Jacksonville micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Cherokee County, and pa ...
. They met again briefly in January 1968 on the sidelines of the 1967 AFL All Star Game. Lammons, playing in his first and only All Star Game, greeted Phillips, who was an assistant with the San Diego Chargers organization, after the game with a question: "Bum, does this mean I can claim you as a coach?" Phillips allegedly responded "You can claim me as your'n if I can claim you as mine, Pete!"
Lammons played end for
Darrell Royal
Darrell K Royal (July 6, 1924 – November 7, 2012) was an All-American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Mississippi State University (1954–1955), the University of Washington (1956), and the University of Texas (1957†...
's
1963 Texas Longhorns football team.
Lammons died on April 29, 2021, when he fell from a boat during a
Major League Fishing
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tournament on the
Sam Rayburn Reservoir
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...
in
Texas
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. He was 77 years old.
East Texas football legend Pete Lammons dies after falling from boat during fishing tournament
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See also
*List of American Football League players
The following is a list of men who played for the American Football League (AFL, 1960–1969).
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References
External links
Pete Lammons (statistics & history) – Pro-Football-Reference.com.
1943 births
2021 deaths
People from Crockett, Texas
Players of American football from Texas
American football tight ends
Texas Longhorns football players
American Football League All-Star players
New York Jets players
Green Bay Packers players
People from Jacksonville, Texas
American Football League players
Deaths by drowning in the United States
Accidental deaths in Texas
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