Nick Rassas
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| Position | Safety | ||||||
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| Born | January 13, 1944 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | September 1, 2025 (aged 81) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | ||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Illinois) | ||||||
| College | Notre Dame (1961-1965) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 1966: 2nd round, 17th overall pick | ||||||
| AFL draft | 1966: 2nd round, 16th overall pick | ||||||
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* Offseason or practice squad member only | |||||||
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Nicholas Charles Rassas (January 13, 1944 – September 1, 2025) was an American professional football player for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) from 1966 to 1968. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish under coaches Hugh Devore and Ara Parseghian.
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 Fighting Irish team.
Rassas died on September 1, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 81.
See also
References
- ↑ "Nick Rassas Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Nicholas C. Rassas". Joseph W Sorce Funeral Home Inc. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
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