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| Position: | Center | ||||
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| Born: | October 22, 1938 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||
| Died: | July 2, 2020 (aged 81) Granbury, Texas, U.S. | ||||
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| College: | Oklahoma State East Texas State | ||||
| NFL draft: | 1960 / Round: 14 / Pick: 161 (By the Green Bay Packers) | ||||
| AFL draft: | 1960 / Round: 1 Pick: First Selections (by the Buffalo Bills) | ||||
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Jon Ray Gilliam (October 22, 1938 – July 2, 2020) was an American college and professional football center who played seven seasons in the American Football League (AFL) from 1962-1968. He played for the 1962 AFL Champion Dallas Texans (in their last season before relocating to Kansas City as the Kansas City Chiefs) and the 1966 AFL Champion Kansas City Chiefs, who went on to face the NFL Champion Green Bay Packers in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, Super Bowl I.
In his rookie season, he was selected for the AFL All-Star Game squad as a linebacker.[1]
He died on July 2, 2020, in Granbury, Texas at age 81.[2]
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- ^ "1961 American Football League (AFL) Western Division All-stars". Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Jon Gilliam Obituary (1938 - 2020)". Obits.dallasnews.com. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
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