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| Position | Center |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1932-08-07)August 7, 1932 Cartersville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | October 27, 2012(2012-10-27) (aged 80) Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Cartersville (Cartersville, Georgia) |
| College | Tennessee |
| NFL draft | 1955: 30th round, 360th overall pick |
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Lamar Leachman (August 7, 1932 – October 27, 2012) was an Americanfootball coach. He served as an assistant coach for theToronto Argonauts,Montreal Alouettes,New York Giants andDetroit Lions.[1] His coaching career lasted a total of thirty-seven years across a variety of high school, college and professional teams; he began a tenure atSavannah High School inGeorgia in 1957 and eventually retired in 1995.
He was the defensive line coach when the Giants wonSuper Bowl XXI.[2] He was also the defensive line coach in 1991 when theDetroit Lionswon aDivisional Round playoff game at thePontiac Silverdome againstJimmy Johnson and theDallas Cowboys, though they later lost to theWashington Commanders (then the Redskins) in the NFC Championship game.
Leachman's skills were held in high regard by his contemporaries in the NFL. During the Lions' 1991 win, commentatorJohn Madden commented that Leachman "has found success wherever he's been."[3]Lawrence Taylor, regarded as one of the best defensive players in football history, spoke highly of Leachman in his memoirLiving on the Edge, as didLeonard Marshall in his own book,The End of the Line.[4]
He died on October 27, 2012, inMyrtle Beach, South Carolina at age 80.[5] His death fromchronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was chronicled inThe King of Halloween and Miss Firecracker Queen: A Daughter's Tale of Family and Football, a 2018 memoir about growing up in theSouth with a football coach father authored byDuke University economics professor Lori Leachman.[6]