Lionel Aldridge
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Evergreen, Louisiana, U.S.
Shorewood, Wisconsin, U.S.
 Aldridge, circa 1962 | |||||||||
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| Position | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Born | February 14, 1941 Evergreen, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | February 12, 1998 (aged 56) Shorewood, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 254 lb (115 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Pittsburg (Pittsburg, California) | ||||||||
| College | Utah State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1963: 4th round, 54th overall pick | ||||||||
| AFL draft | 1963: 6th round, 47th overall pick | ||||||||
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Lionel Aldridge (February 14, 1941 – February 12, 1998) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers.[1][2][3] He played college football for the Utah State Aggies.
Born in Evergreen, Louisiana, Aldridge was raised by his sharecropper grandparents.[4] After his grandfather's death when Aldridge was 15, he was sent to live with a steelworker uncle in Northern California and played high school football at Pittsburg High School.[5] He earned an athletic scholarship and played college football at Utah State University in Logan, Utah[6] and was co-captain of the team and an All-Skyline Conference tackle.
