databasefootball years birth_place afldraftedyear teams article_title fontcolor position honors birth_date pfr probowls college
stjealen01 1964-1969 1970 1971 -1973 newberry , michigan , u.s. 1964 '' patriots nfl new england patriots ` afl '' ' boston patriots nfl boston len st. jean
 white guard boston patriots 1960s all-decade team 27 october 1941 st.jle00 '' ` afl all-star 1966 northern michigan
len st. jean

leonard wayne st. jean -lrb- born october 27 , 1941 in newberry , michigan -rrb- is a former college and professional american football guard .
in 1964 he joined the boston patriots of the american football league .
he played there for ten seasons and was a one-time afl all-star selection , and a member of the patriots ' all-1960s -lrb- afl -rrb- team .
lennie was known as the `` boston strong boy '' and started his career as a defensive end for the boston patriots in 1964 .
he recorded 5.5 sacks and played on both sides of the line of scrimmage over the 1964-1965 seasons .
he was also used as a linebacker .
lennie sacked mickey slaughter and jacky lee in the patriots 39-10 rout of the denver broncos @ bears stadium on 10-04-64 .
he sacked don trull in the patriots 34-17 victory over the houston oilers @ jeppesen stadium on 11-19-64 .
lennie sacked dick wood `` twice ' in their 30-21 loss to the oakland raiders @ frank youell field on 10-24-65 .
lennie shared in a sack of joe namath in the boston patriots 27-23 win over the new york jets @ shea stadium on 11-28-65 .
as a defensive end , lennie recovered a fumble by mike taliaferro in the patriots 35-14 loss to the new york jets on 10-31-64 .
lennie played most of his career as on offensive guard and was recognized as an afl all star guard in 1966 .
he did play as an offensive tackle earlier in his career .
he recovered 3 offensive fumbles while playing for the patriots and wore # 60 .
he recovered a fumble by patriot qb 's don trull , mike taliaferro & jim plunkett .
lennie was awarded the game ball for knocking many men down in the patriots 26-7 loss to the houston oilers on 11-26-67 .
he was the right guard of the new england patriots over 1971-1973 seasons and played in 140 consecutive games .
