Jackie Slater

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Jackie Slater
Position (s):
Offensive tackle 		Jersey number (s):
78
born on May 27, 1954 in Jackson , Mississippi
Career information
Active : 1976 - 1995
NFL Draft : 1976 / Round: 3 / Pick: 86
College : Jackson State University
Teams
Career statistics
Games     259
as a starter     211
Fumbles conquered     4th
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Jackie Ray Slater (* 27. May 1954 in Jackson , Mississippi ) is a former American American football player and - coaches . He played as an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Rams / St. Louis Rams.

Player career

College career

Jackie Slater is the oldest of five brothers and was a football player , basketball player, and athlete in high school . In 1972 he received a scholarship from Jackson State University , where he played with running back Walter Payton and linebacker Robert Brazile for the Jackson State Tigers Football on the position of an offensive tackle. From 1973 to 1975 he was elected to the Southwestern Athletic Conference selection team. In 1975 he became an All-American , the following year he played in the college All-Star Game against the Pittsburgh Steelers .

Professional career

Slater was selected in the 1976 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams in the third round as the 86th player. In the first three years he was only used as a substitute player. It was not until 1979 that he was able to secure a regular place as an offensive tackle in the team trained by Ray Malavasi . That year he also celebrated his greatest success. The Rams were able to win nine of 16 games in the regular season and first met the Dallas Cowboys in the play-offs , who were defeated at 21:19. With this win, the Rams were able to move into the NFC Championship Game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . The 9: 0 victory over the Buccaneers led to the Rams' entry into Super Bowl XIV , where they met the Pittsburgh Steelers, supervised by Chuck Noll , who beat the Los Angeles team at 31:19 .

Together with Slater, the Rams' offensive line developed into one of the best in the entire NFL. In 1983 this part of the team only allowed 23 sacks . This was the lowest in the league. The rookie runningback Eric Dickerson also achieved an annual best with a gain of space of 1808 yards . Although Slater was only able to play for the Rams in the first seven games due to a knee injury, Dickerson's 2105 yards should surpass this performance the following year.

The Rams could repeatedly qualify for the play-offs in the next few years. However, Jackie Slater's team was unable to win the title. Prior to the 1995 season, the franchise moved to St. Louis . After just one game in the 1995 season, Slater retired at the age of 41. His 20 playing years with a franchise are still a team and NFL record today.

Coaching career

Jackie Slater worked as an assistant coach for the Rams after his playing career and was hired by the Oakland Raiders in 2006 as assistant to Head Coach Art Shell . He was responsible for the offensive line and was dismissed along with Shell a year later due to failure. He then took a position as an assistant coach at Azusa Pacific University .

Honors

Slater played seven times in the Pro Bowl , the final game of the best players of the season. He has been elected all-pro seven times and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame , and the Jackson State Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1995 he received the Bart Starr Award . The Rams have blocked his number, and he will be honored at the St. Louis Ring of Fame in the Edward Jones Dome , the Rams' stadium.

Private life

Slater's son Matthew Slater is also football pro, even multiple Pro Bowl player and won in 2014, 2016 and 2018 with the New England Patriots to Super Bowl XLIX , Super Bowl LI and Super Bowl LIII .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual statistics of the Rams 1979
  2. ↑ Statistics play-off game Los Angeles Rams versus Dallas Cowboys
  3. ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1979
  4. ↑ Statistics Super Bowl XIV
Cleveland Rams / Los Angeles Rams / St. Louis Rams members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame


George Allen (2002) | Bob Brown (2004) | Eric Dickerson (1999) | Marshall Faulk (2011) | Tom Fears (1970) | Bill George (1974) | Sid Gillman (1983) | Elroy Hirsch (1968) | David "Deacon" Jones (1980) | Dick Lane (1974) | James Lofton (2003) | Tom Mack (1999) | Ollie Matson (1972) | Tommy McDonald (1998) | Joe Namath (1985) | Merlin Olsen (1982) | Orlando Pace (2016) | Dan Reeves (1967) | Les Richter (2011) | Andy Robustelli (1971) | Tex Schramm (1991) | Jackie Slater (2001) | Aeneas Williams (2014) | Norm Van Brocklin (1971) | Kurt Warner (2017) | Bob Waterfield (1965) | Ron Yary (2001) | Jack Youngblood (2001)

personal data
SURNAME Slater, Jackie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Slater, Jackie Ray (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Jackson , Mississippi , United States