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Positions
  
Tackle

Role
  
American football player

Name
  
Cleveland Elam

College
  

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Date of birth
  
(1952-04-05)April 5, 1952

Date of death
  
July 12, 2012(2012-07-12) (aged 60)

Place of death
  
NFL draft
  
1975 / Round: 4 / Pick: 85

Died
  
July 12, 2012, Salisbury, North Carolina, United States


Place of birth
  

Cleveland Elam (April 5, 1952 – July 12, 2012) was a former American football defensive tackle who played for the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions in an injury-shortened five-year career that lasted from 1975 to 1979 in the National Football League.

Cleveland Elam Former NFL defensive lineman Cleveland Elam dies at 60 ProFootballTalk

Teaming with Cedric Hardman, Jimmy Webb and Tommy Hart, the 49ers Gold Rush defensive line led the NFL in sacks during the 1976 season. Elam had 14.5 sacks in 1976 and led the team with 17.5 sacks in 1977.

Elam played college football at Tennessee State University and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1975 NFL Draft by the 49ers. He was a two time Pro Bowler in 1976 and 1977.

Elam died on July 12, 2012 survived by his wife Blanche and four children.

References

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