afldraftround draftyear death_date death_place birth_place statvalue afldraftpick article_title position statlabel draftround college birth_date nfl number draftpick afldraftyear
6 1963 12 february 1998 milwaukee county , wisconsin evergreen , louisiana 147 12 1 - 1 47 -lrb- by the houston oilers -rrb- lionel aldridge
 defensive end games played games started fumble recoveries - for tds 6 utah state 14 february 1941 ald726754 82 47 -lrb- by the houston oilers -rrb- 1963
lionel aldridge

lionel aldridge -lrb- february 14 , 1941 -- february 12 , 1998 -rrb- was an american professional football player .
aldridge was an all-skyline tackle & co-captain of the utah state aggies .
he was drafted in 1963 after a standout college career at utah state .
one of the few rookies to start for coach vince lombardi , aldridge enjoyed an eleven-year nfl career .
as a packer , he played a role in three straight nfl championships -lrb- 1965-66-67 -rrb- and in packer victories in super bowls i and ii .
traded to the san diego chargers , aldridge played two seasons in san diego before retiring from professional football in 1973 .
after retiring , aldridge worked as sports analyst in milwaukee and for packers radio and nbc until manifesting paranoid schizophrenia in the late 1970s .
homeless for a time in part due to misdiagnosis , he eventually reached a form of equilibrium .
he became an advocate for the homeless and the mentally ill until his death in 1998 .
his advocacy work included serving as a board member for the mental health association of milwaukee and working as a speaker for the national alliance on mental illness .
