Deacon

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Deacon is the nickname of Hall of Fame NFL defensive end Deacon Jones, renowned as one of the greatest pass rushers in football history.

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Deacon canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football player ⓘ
human ⓘ
allProSelections 5 ⓘ
awardReceived First-team All-Pro selection ⓘ
NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
Pro Bowl selection ⓘ
linked to: Pro Bowl
birthName David D. Jones ⓘ
collegeAttended Mississippi Valley State University ⓘ
South Carolina State University ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-12-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-06-03 ⓘ
draftedBy Los Angeles Rams ⓘ
draftPickNumber 186 ⓘ
draftRound 14 ⓘ
draftYear 1961 ⓘ
era 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
familyName Jones ⓘ
givenName David ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Pro Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1980 ⓘ
honor member of NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team ⓘ
member of NFL 1960s All-Decade Team ⓘ
member of NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team ⓘ
jerseyNumber 75 ⓘ
knownFor coining the term "sack" for tackling the quarterback ⓘ
defensive line play ⓘ
pass rushing ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Los Angeles Rams ⓘ
San Diego Chargers ⓘ
Washington Redskins ⓘ
nickname Deacon ⓘ
numberRetiredBy Los Angeles Rams ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
television personality ⓘ
partOf Fearsome Foursome ⓘ
placeOfBirth Eatonville, Florida, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Anaheim Hills, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Anaheim Hills
playedFor Los Angeles Rams ⓘ
San Diego Chargers ⓘ
Washington Redskins ⓘ
positionPlayed defensive end ⓘ
proBowls 8 ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the greatest defensive ends in NFL history ⓘ
one of the greatest pass rushers in NFL history ⓘ
teamRole anchor of the Los Angeles Rams defensive line ⓘ

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Deacon Jones → nickname → Deacon ⓘ
Deacon Jones → nickname → Deacon ⓘ
subject linked to: Deacon