John Tracey

For other people named John Tracey, see John Tracey (disambiguation).

John Tracey
Born	(1933-06-27)June 27, 1933 Philadelphia, PA
Died
Position(s)	Linebacker
College	Texas A&M
NFL Draft	1959 / Round 4 / Pick 44 (by the Los Angeles Rams)
Jersey #(s)	51
Career highlights
AFL All-Star	1965, 1966
Honors	AFL champion (1964, 1965)
Records	Most games played with same LB partners, 62 (Harry Jacobs and Mike Stratton)
Statistics
Pro Football Reference DatabaseFootball
Teams
1959-1960 1961 1962-1967	NFL Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals NFL Philadelphia Eagles AFL Buffalo Bills

John Joseph Tracey (June 27, 1933 – September 21, 1978) was an American football linebacker. At Texas A&M University, Tracey held school records for most receptions and most yards receiving. Another "NFL Reject", when he joined the American Football League's Buffalo Bills in 1962, Lou Saban liked his speed and agility, and used him at linebacker, where with Harry Jacobs and Mike Stratton he filled out the AFL's best linebacking crew, playing together for 62 consecutive games from 1963 through 1967, a professional football record. They helped the formidable front four hold opposing teams without a 100-yard rusher for seventeen consecutive games in 1964 and 1965, and achieved American Football League championships in both those years. In 1963 he led the team with five interceptions. Tracey was an AFL All-Star in 1965 and 1966. He died on September 21, 1978 from lung cancer.

See also

• Other American Football League players

External links

• Tracey's citation in the American Football League Hall of Fame