Place of death Augusta, Georgia Positions Linebacker Role American football player | Name John Small 1970-1972 Atlanta Falcons | |
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Date of birth (1946-11-20)November 20, 1946 Place of birth Lumberton, North Carolina Date of death December 10, 2012(2012-12-10) (aged 66) NFL draft 1970 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12 Died December 10, 2012, Augusta, Georgia, United States Education The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina | ||
John Kenneth Small (November 20, 1946 - December 10, 2012 ) was an American football linebacker with the Atlanta Falcons and the Detroit Lions in the National Football League (NFL).
Small was born in Lumberton, North Carolina. He was the first round draft choice number 12 from The Citadel to the Atlanta Falcons. He played 3 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and 2 seasons with the Detroit Lions. He was drafted in the first round with the twelfth overall pick in the 1970 NFL Draft.
After football, Small was a speaker at schools and hospitals in the Augusta area and helped create a Christian ministry program to help troubled youth called JKS Team Incorporated (where he led as CEO).
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