Lionel Aldridge

Lionel Aldridge (February 14, 1941 – February 12, 1998) was an American football defensive end who played 11 seasons in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers. He played college football at Utah State and was selected in the fourth round of the 1963 NFL draft, 54th overall, by the Packers. He started as a rookie under head coach Vince Lombardi and was part of Green Bay's three consecutive NFL championships from 1965 to 1967, including wins in Super Bowls I and II. He was traded to San Diego, where he played two seasons before retiring in 1973. After football he worked as a sports analyst in Milwaukee. He later developed paranoid schizophrenia and became an advocate for the homeless and mentally ill. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1988.