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Richard Sligh
No. 73
Position: Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1944-08-18)August 18, 1944
Newberry, South Carolina
Died: December 23, 2008(2008-12-23) (aged 64)
Roxboro, North Carolina
Height: 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Weight: 300 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school: Gallman
(Newberry, SC)
College: North Carolina College (1962–1966)
AFL draft: 1967 / Round: 10 / Pick: 253
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • AFL champion (1967)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 8
Games started: 0
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Richard Ellis Sligh (August 18, 1944 – December 23, 2008) was an American football defensive tackle who played for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL).

Football career

Sligh graduated from Gallman High School in Newberry, South Carolina and played college football at North Carolina Central University, where he was on Dean's List, for high academic achievement, as well as having a Biology Major and Chemistry Minor from 1962 to 1966.

He was chosen in the 10th round of the 1967 NFL/AFL Draft as a defensive tackle.

During his time in the league he played in a total of eight games. Sligh was a reserve for the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl II, when the Raiders fell to the Green Bay Packers. In 1968, he was chosen by the expansion Cincinnati Bengals in the AFL Allocation Draft, but he was waived prior to the regular season.

Height

At 7 ft 0 in, Sligh is the tallest player in professional American football history. The next tallest are Matt O'Donnell at 6 ft 11 in, Morris Stroud at 6 ft 10 in, and Dan Skipper at 6 ft 10 in.

See also

  • List of American Football League players
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