Henrik Martin "Rick" Sortun (September 26, 1942 – November 3, 2015) was a professional

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 with ...

player who played

offensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numbe ...

for six seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals. In his personal life, he was a committed Marxist, a member of the International Socialists, and a long-running president of the National Labor Relations Board Union.

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1942 births 2015 deaths Players of American football from Tacoma, Washington American football offensive guards St. Louis Cardinals (football) players Washington Huskies football players Sportspeople from Kent, Washington {{offensive-lineman-1940s-stub