# 9 Willie Lanier RICHMOND Six - time All -
Pro middle linebacker played 11 AFL and NFL seasons with Chiefs.
His best play might have been a block, a wicked shot to Pittsburgh All -
Pro middle linebacker Levon Kirkland that helped spring wide receiver Derrick Alexander on a winding, 82 - yard end - around for a third - quarter touchdown that closed all accounts.
«The owner says what Tex tells him to,» says Lee Roy Jordan, the Cowboys» All -
Pro middle linebacker and defensive leader for 14 seasons.
Not exact matches
Three times named to All -
Pro teams and picked by the Hall of Fame as the outstanding
linebacker of the NFL's first 50 years, Nitschke was only the Packers» third - string
middle linebacker when he announced, with tears in his eyes, that he was quitting after 15 years in the game.
# 25 Mike Singletary HOUSTON Three - time All - America at Baylor; Bears
middle linebacker played in 10
Pro Bowls from 1984 to» 93.
A
middle linebacker with the New York Giants, Carson was a celebrated defensive football player, smart and agile, selected for the
Pro Bowl even during years his team couldn't eke out a winning season.