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American gridiron football player (1936–1993)

Jon Jelacic
Career information
Date of birth	(1936-12-19)December 19, 1936
Place of birth	Brainerd, Minnesota, U.S.
Date of death	September 17, 1993(1993-09-17) (aged 56)
Place of death	Beltrami County, Minnesota, U.S.
Position(s)	Defensive lineman
US college	Minnesota
NFL draft	1958 / round: 7 / Pick 74 (By the Chicago Cardinals)
Career history
As player
1958	New York Giants
1959–1960	Ottawa Rough Riders
1961–1964	Oakland Raiders

Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Jon Jelacic (Pronounced: Jeh-LAH-sik) (December 19, 1936 – September 17, 1993) was an American gridiron football player who played defensive lineman for five seasons for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) and the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL). Jelacic also played two seasons with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL), including their 1960 Grey Cup championship season.

Jelacic was born in Brainerd, Minnesota and played high school football, basketball and ran track. He played college football as an end at the University of Minnesota and was captain of the 1957 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team. Following his professional playing career in three leagues, Jelacic worked as a scout for the Atlanta Falcons and Green Bay Packers. He died in his sleep in his lake cabin northeast of Bemidji, Minnesota, on September 17, 1993.

References

v t e Chicago Cardinals 1958 NFL draft selections
King Hill John David Crow Jim McCusker Bobby Jack Oliver Larry Cowart Bobby Gordon Jon Jelacic John Keelan Gil Robertshaw Dean Philpott Bill Hinton Charlie Jackson Bob Schmidt Ray Dunlap Wade Patterson Mac Starnes Mario Cheppo Sonny Randle Jim Matheny Ray Toole Tony Aloisio John Harbour Eric Soesbe J. C. Riekenberg Ray Masters Will Rewis Gale McGinty Ken Irby

v t e Ottawa Rough Riders 48th Grey Cup champions
Gilles Archambault Marv Bevan Bruno Bitkowski George Brancato Lou Bruce Merv Collins Jim Conroy Doug Daigneault Al Frazier Milt Graham Collins Hagler Larry Hayes Russ Jackson Jon Jelacic Tom Jones Richard Kaser Joe Kelly Ronnie Koes Ron Lancaster Curt Merz Angelo Mosca Gerald Nesbitt Joe Poirier Moe Racine Jim Reynolds Fred Robinson Gary Schreider Sam Scoccia Jerry Selinger Bob Simpson Ted Smale Bill Sowalski Ron Stewart Joe Stracina Dave Thelen Gerry Thompkins Kaye Vaughan Dave West Head coach: Frank Clair

Ottawa Rough Riders 48th Grey Cup champions

Head coach: Frank Clair

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