Deacon Jones
Birthday: 9 December 1938, Eatonville, Florida, USA
Birth Name: David D. Jones
Height: 196 cm
Defensive left end for the L.A. Rams. Member of the "Fearsome Foursome" [Jones, Lamar Lundy, Merlin Olsen and Roosevelt Grier]. Specialized in 'sacking' the quarterback. Has been g ...Show More
You take all the offensive linemen [in football] and put them in a burlap bag, and then you take a b Show more
You take all the offensive linemen [in football] and put them in a burlap bag, and then you take a baseball bat and beat on the bag. You're sacking them, you're bagging them. And that's what you're doing with a quarterback. Hide
The head slap was not my invention, but Rembrandt, of course, did not invent painting. The quickness Show more
The head slap was not my invention, but Rembrandt, of course, did not invent painting. The quickness of my hands and the length of my arms, it was perfect for me. It was the greatest thing I ever did, and when I left the game, they outlawed it. Hide
Unlike many black people then [in the segregated South of the 1950s] I was determined not to be what Show more
Unlike many black people then [in the segregated South of the 1950s] I was determined not to be what society said I was. Thank God I had the ability to play a violent game like football. It gave me an outlet for the anger in my heart. Hide
Deacon Jones's FILMOGRAPHY
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Deacon Jones'S roles
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