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| Position | Safety | ||||||||
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| Born | January 13, 1944 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | September 1, 2025 (aged 81) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Illinois) | ||||||||
| College | Notre Dame | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1966: 2nd round, 17th overall pick | ||||||||
| AFL draft | 1966: 2nd round, 16th overall pick | ||||||||
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Nicholas Charles Rassas[1] (January 13, 1944 – September 1, 2025) was an American professional football player for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) from 1966 to 1968.[2] He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish under coaches Hugh Devore and Ara Parseghian.[3]
Rassas was portrayed as an underdog in the 2009 Jim Dent book Resurrection: The Miracle Season That Saved Notre Dame, which was based on the 1964 Fighting Irish team.[4]
Rassas died on September 1, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 81.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Nick Rassas Stats". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
- ^ Atlanta Falcons 1968 Media Guide. Atlanta Falcons. 1968. p. 29 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Minter, Jim (August 28, 1966). "Intelligent, Articulate, Confident – Falcons' Rassas: Not Typical". The Atlanta Journal. Retrieved July 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dent, Jim (2009). Resurrection: The miracle season that saved Notre Dame. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312567217.
- ^ "Nicholas C. Rassas". Joseph W Sorce Funeral Home Inc. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
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