draftyear finalyear birth_place debutyear statvalue article_title position draftround college birth_date nfl draftpick statlabel
1973 1973 lebanon , tennessee 1973 4 0 - bonnie sloan
 defensive tackle 10 austin peay state university 1 june 1948 slo092287 242 games played games started -
bonnie sloan

bonnie ryan sloan -lrb- born june 1 , 1948 -rrb- was the first of three deaf football player in national football league history .
sloan played four games at defensive tackle for the st. louis cardinals in the 1973 season .
a native of lebanon , tennessee , sloan starred at austin peay state university .
he was a 10th round selection -lrb- 242nd overall pick -rrb- of the 1973 nfl draft by the cardinals , who released him after that one season due to a knee injury .
former denver bronco kenny walker followed him into the nfl , in the early 1990s , followed by current seahawk derrick coleman .
