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Peter Spencer Lammons Jr. (October 20, 1943 – April 29, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a tight end for the American Football League's New York Jets, winning the AFL Championship with them in 1968, and playing in their victory over the National Football League champion Baltimore Colts in the third AFL-NFL World Championship game. He also played for the NFL's Green Bay Packers.

Pete Lammons

No. 87, 86
Position:	Tight end
Personal information
Born:	(1943-10-20)October 20, 1943 Crockett, Texas, U.S.
Died:	April 29, 2021(2021-04-29) (aged 77) Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Texas
Career information
High school:	Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Texas)
College:	Texas
NFL Draft:	1966 / Round: 14 / Pick: 213
AFL Draft:	1966 / Round: 8 / Pick: 68
Career history
New York Jets (1966–1971) Green Bay Packers (1972)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (III) AFL champion (1968) AFL All-Star Game selection (1967)
Career NFL statistics
Receptions: 185 Receiving yards: 2,364 Touchdowns: 14 Rushing yards: 3 Games started: 28 Games played: 95
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

As a high school freshman, Lammons played briefly under NFL coach Bum Phillips during his tenure as head coach at Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, Texas. They met again briefly in January 1968 on the sidelines of the 1967 AFL All Star Game. Lammons, playing in his first and only All Star Game, greeted Phillips, who was an assistant with the San Diego Chargers organization, after the game with a question: "Bum, does this mean I can claim you as a coach?" Phillips allegedly responded "You can claim me as your'n if I can claim you as mine, Pete!"^{[citation needed]}

Lammons played end for Darrell Royal's 1963 Texas Longhorns football team.

Lammons died on April 29, 2021, when he fell from a boat during a Major League Fishing tournament on the Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Texas. He was 77 years old.[1]

See also

• List of American Football League players

References

External links

• Pete Lammons (statistics & history) – Pro-Football-Reference.com.
• Vecsey, George. "Texas-Alabama: Rematch 45 Years in the Making," The New York Times, Wednesday, January 6, 2010.

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