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| Positions | Tackle Defensive end Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born | (1950-10-25)October 25, 1950 (age 75) Bellingham, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | R.A. Millikan (CA) | ||||||||
| College | Stanford | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1972: 1st round, 6th overall pick | ||||||||
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Ralph Gregory Sampson (born October 25, 1950) is an American former professionalfootball player for theHouston Oilers of theNational Football League (NFL).
Sampson graduated fromStanford University in 1972, where he starred as a defensive end, playing on twoRose Bowl-winning teams (1971 and 1972).
Sampson grew up inLong Beach, California and graduated in 1968 fromMillikan High School, where he first joined the football team his junior year as the kicker.
In 1972, he was selected in the first round by theHouston Oilers as a defensive end. In 1974, he switched to offensive tackle and steadily improved, until he became second-team ALL-AFC in 1978. But then during a 1979 pre-season drill with his teammates, his helmet was struck and a blood clot in the brain developed. A surgical intervention removed it, probably saving his life, but he could no longer play and retired after the 1979 season.
In 2010, Sampson was voted by theCorpus Christi Caller-Times as the Houston Oilers best offensive lineman in the history of the team.
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