Nick Rassas
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||
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| Born: | January 13, 1944 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||
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| High school: | Wilmette (IL) Loyola | ||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1966: 2nd round, 17th pick | ||||||||
| AFL draft: | 1966: 2nd round, 16th pick | ||||||||
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Nick Rassas (born January 13, 1944) is an American former professional football player for the Atlanta Falcons from 1966 to 1968.[1] He is also notable for playing college football at Notre Dame where he played for Hugh Devore as well as Ara Parseghian.[2] Rassas was portrayed as an underdog in the 2009 Jim Dent book Resurrection: The Miracle Season That Saved Notre Dame, which was based on the 1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Atlanta Falcons 1968 Media Guide. Atlanta Falcons. 1968. p. 29 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Minter, Jim (August 28, 1966). "Intelligent, Articulate, Confident – Falcons' Rassas: Not Typical". The Atlanta Journal. Retrieved July 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dent, Jim (2009). Resurrection: The miracle season that saved Notre Dame. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312567217.