Ike Lassiter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player
Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1940
Place of Birth: Wilson, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 15-Feb-2015
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Ike Lassiter
- Isaac "Ike" Thomas Lassiter (November 15, 1940 – February 15, 2015) was an American college and professional football defensive lineman.
- He is an alumnus of St.
- Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he received a bachelor's degree in physical education.
- Lassiter played professionally for the American Football League's Denver Broncos and the AFL's Oakland Raiders, where he was an AFL All-Star in 1966.
- He played as the starting left defensive end in Super Bowl II for the 1967 Raiders.
- In the 1967 regular season on a Raiders team with a won-lost record of 13–1, he was one of the main pass-rushers of a front four including Dan Birdwell, Tom Keating (American football), and Ben Davidson with a combined league-leading total of 67 sacks and 665 yards lost, the latter an all-time record, the all-time record for sacks being 72, done in a 16-game season, the Raiders leading the league in sacks from 1966 to 1968, an all-time record.He ended his NFL career with the Boston Patriots/New England Patriots in 1970 and 1971.
- Lassiter was traded to the Washington Redskins in 1972, but did not make the team.
- He sat out the next two seasons, but played for the Jacksonville Sharks in 1974 in the World Football League.
- He retired to Oakland, California and died on February 15, 2015.
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