John Mellekas

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John Stavros Mellekas (June 14, 1933 – June 2, 2015) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL).^[1]

Mellekas played 4 years of football and basketball at Rogers High School in Newport and was named as an inaugural inductee into the Rogers High School hall of fame in January 2008^[2] and then played college football at the University of Arizona.^[3] He was a 4th round selection (47th overall pick) in the 1956 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears.^[4] He played for the Bears (1956–1961),^[5] the San Francisco 49ers (1962),^[6] and the Philadelphia Eagles (1963).^[7]

Following his career, he was employed by the Newport school department as a physical education teacher for 36 years, retiring in 1996. Mellekas died in his hometown of Newport, Rhode Island on June 2, 2015.^[8] He was a Greek Orthodox Christian.^[9]Template:Circular reference

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