Facts: - death place: augusta , georgia - fontcolor: black - draftedpick: 12 - position: linebacker - years: 1970-19721973-1974 - databasefootball: smalljoh01 - |color: red - death date: 10 december 2012 - college: the citadel - imagewidth: 150px - draftedround: 1 - birth date: 20 november 1946 - name: john small - stats: y - birth place: lumberton , north carolina - draftedyear: 1970 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john small -lrb- american football -rrb- .
john kenneth small -lrb- november 20 , 1946 - december 10 , 2012 -rrb- was an american football linebacker with the atlanta falcons and the detroit lions in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- .small was born in lumberton , north carolina .he was the first round draft choice number 12 from the citadel to the atlanta falcons .he played 3 seasons with the atlanta falcons and 2 seasons with the detroit lions .he was drafted in the first round with the twelfth overall pick in the 1970 nfl draft .after football , small was a speaker at schools and hospitals in the augusta area and helped create a christian ministry program to help troubled youth called jks team incorporated -lrb- where he led as ceo -rrb- .