Rams\u2019 Fearsome Foursome<\/a>\u00a0who died in 2010, once said of his longtime teammate: \u201cThere has never been a better football player than Deacon Jones.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nRest in peace, Deacon.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The football legend\u2014who coined the word \u201csack\u201d to describe his signature defensive tackle\u2014died today at the age of 74. He was born as David Jones. But that wouldn\u2019t do. \u00a0From his obit in the LA Times:\u00a0 He said he gave himself the nickname Deacon after joining the Rams because there were too many David Joneses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1457],"class_list":["post-23642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deacons","tag-deacon-jones"],"yoast_head":"\n
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