Role American football player Education University of Arizona | College: Arizona Positions Center, Tackle Name John Mellekas | |
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Date of birth: (1933-06-14)June 14, 1933 Date of death: June 2, 2015(2015-06-02) (aged 81) NFL draft: 1956 / Round: 4 / Pick: 47 Died June 2, 2015, Newport, Rhode Island, United States | ||
Place of birth: Newport, Rhode Island Place of death: Newport, Rhode Island | ||
John Mellekas: Football Center and Offensive Tackle
John Stavros Mellekas (June 14, 1933 – June 2, 2015) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League.
Mellekas played 4 years of football and basketball at Rogers High School in Newport and was named as an inaugural inductee into the Rogers High School hall of fame in January 2008 and then played college football at the University of Arizona. He was a 4th round selection (47th overall pick) in the 1956 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. He played for the Bears (1956–1961), the San Francisco 49ers (1962), and the Philadelphia Eagles (1963).
Following his career, he was employed by the Newport school department as a physical education teacher for 36 years, retiring in 1996. Mellekas died in his hometown of Newport, Rhode Island on June 2, 2015.