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| Position | Tight end[1] | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | (1938-11-15)November 15, 1938 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | September 26, 2016(2016-09-26) (aged 77) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Savannah (GA) | ||||||||
| College | Georgia Tech | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1960: 7th round, 80th overall pick | ||||||||
| AFL draft | 1960: 2nd round | ||||||||
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Tazwell Leigh Anderson Jr.[1] (November 15, 1938 – September 26, 2016) was an Americanfootball player who played for theGeorgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team and professionally for theSt. Louis Cardinals and theAtlanta Falcons. While atGeorgia Tech, he was a member ofChi Phi fraternity. In 2005, he was elected to theGeorgia Sports Hall of Fame.[2][4]
After his professional sports career, Anderson became an Atlanta-area realtor,[5] and owned TazMedia and Taz Anderson Realty.[6] He helped create the Centennial Tower (a large olympic flame commemorating the1996 Summer Olympics) next toThe Varsity.[7]
Anderson was also deeply involved with theGeorgia Tech Athletic Association; for ten years, he was a trustee, and "has been [a] member of or chair of every major project for the Tech Athletic Association for the past 30 years."[8] He organized and served as developer of the 1985 renovation ofAlexander Memorial Coliseum.[8] He died on September 26, 2016, at the age of 77.[9]