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Position: | Nose tackle | ||||||
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Born: | Crystal City, Texas, U.S. | April 7, 1961||||||
Died: | July 16, 2018 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | (aged 57)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 293 lb (133 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | San Antonio (TX) Jefferson | ||||||
College: | Texas Tech | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1983 / round: 1 / pick: 21 | ||||||
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Gabriel Rivera (April 7, 1961 – July 16, 2018), nicknamed "Señor Sack", was an American professional football player who was a nose tackle in the National Football League (NFL). Rivera played college football for Texas Tech Red Raiders, earning consensus All-American honors in 1982. Rivera was a first-round pick in the 1983 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.