Earl Franklin Leggett was an American professional football defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams, and New Orleans Saints.
11 Facts About Earl Leggett
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Earl Leggett played college football at Louisiana State University.
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Earl Leggett is recorded as having played in 132 games in the NFL.
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Earl Leggett's career lasted from 1957 to 1965 with Chicago, where he played at both defensive tackle and defensive end positions.
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Earl Leggett was part of the famed "Monsters of the Midway" defense that led the Bears to the 1963 NFL championship.
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Earl Leggett was traded to the Los Angeles Rams in 1966, where he played in 10 regular season games with the Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" defense.
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Toward the end of his career, journeyman Earl Leggett played 20 games in 1967 and 1968 for the expansion New Orleans Saints franchise.
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Earl Leggett did outstanding community service in Mississippi and the Gulf Coast region.
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Earl Leggett started playing for them at 16 and was able to raise his academic standing to get into LSU.
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Earl Leggett helped shape the careers of Howie Long with the Raiders and Michael Strahan with the New York Giants.
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Earl Leggett introduced Long into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.