Lamar Leachman

Lamar Leachman
Personal information
Born:(1932-08-07)August 7, 1932
Cartersville, Georgia, U.S.
Died:October 27, 2012(2012-10-27) (aged 80)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:Cartersville (GA)
College:Tennessee
Position:Center
NFL draft:1955 / round: 30 / pick: 360
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards

Lamar Leachman (August 7, 1932 – October 27, 2012) was an American football coach. He served as an assistant coach for the Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes, New York Giants and Detroit Lions.[1] He was the defensive line coach when the Giants won Super Bowl XXI.[2]

He died on October 27, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at age 80.[3] His death from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was chronicled in The King of Halloween and Miss Firecracker Queen: A Daughter's Tale of Family and Football, a 2018 memoir about growing up in the South with a football coach father authored by Duke University economics professor Lori Leachman.[4]

  1. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO FOOTBALL; Lions Hire Leachman". New York Times. February 6, 1990. p. 26. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Letterman Leachman Passes Away At 80". University of Tennessee Athletics. October 30, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "LAMAR LEACHMAN Obituary - New York, NY". Legacy.com. Retrieved July 2, 2018 – via New York Times.
  4. ^ Steelman, Ben (February 13, 2019). "When Daddy is a football coach". Wilmington Star-News. Retrieved February 10, 2024.