21 Facts About Jack Pardee

John Perry Pardee was an American professional football player and head coach.

Jack Pardee played as a linebacker in the National Football League.

Jack Pardee was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1986.

Jack Pardee was one of the few six-man players to ever make it to the NFL, and his knowledge of that wide-open game served him well as a coach.

Jack Pardee was part of the 35 left from the roughly 100 players who went to Junction.

Jack Pardee played for the Rams from 1957 to 1970, sitting out the 1965 season to treat a malignant melanoma in his left arm.

Jack Pardee was alerted to his own cancer after reading about Houston Astros pitcher Jim Umbricht, who died from an aggressive form of skin cancer.

Jack Pardee was traded from the Rams to the Redskins in a multiplayer deal during the first round of the 1971 NFL draft on January 28,1971.

Jack Pardee ended his playing career after two seasons with the Redskins at the end of the 1972 NFL season.

Some Blazers players relocated to San Antonio as the Wings for the 1975 season, and Jack Pardee moved on, signing on as head coach of the Chicago Bears for the 1975 season.

In 1975, Jack Pardee was hired by the Chicago Bears as head coach.

Jack Pardee spent the next three years there, leading Chicago to their first playoff berth in 14 years in 1977, before moving on to the Washington Redskins.

In 1984, Jack Pardee returned to his native Texas by becoming the head coach of the Houston Gamblers.

The Gamblers merged with the New Jersey Generals in 1986, and Jack Pardee was named head coach.

Jack Pardee returned to Houston in 1987 as head coach at the University of Houston.

In 1990, Jack Pardee packed up the run-and-shoot offense and moved across town, and back to the NFL, by joining the Houston Oilers.

Jack Pardee spent five years coaching a team that made the playoffs each of his first four years there, led by Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon.

Jack Pardee continued his coaching career in the Canadian Football League.

Jack Pardee was married for 50 years to Phyllis Lane Perryman and had five children and 12 grandchildren.

In November 2012, Jack Pardee was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and his family reported that he only had six to nine more months to live, The cancer spread to other organs and Jack Pardee moved to a Denver hospice.

Jack Pardee was survived by his wife Phyllis, five children, and 12 grandchildren.