Greg Sampson

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Greg Sampson
Career information
Date of birth:	(1950-10-25) October 25, 1950
Place of birth:	Bellingham, Washington
Position(s):	Offensive Tackle
College:	Stanford
NFL Draft:	1972 / Round: 1 / Pick 6
Organizations
As player:
1972–1979	Houston Oilers
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Ralph Gregory Sampson (born October 25, 1950 in Bellingham, Washington) is a former professional American football player.

College and professional career

Sampson graduated from Stanford University in 1972, where he starred as a defensive end, playing on two Rose Bowl-winning teams (1971 and 1972).

Sampson grew up in Long Beach, California and graduated in 1968 from Millikan High School, where he first joined the football team his junior year as the kicker.

In 1972, he was drafted in the first round by the Houston Oilers as a defensive end. In 1974, he switched to offensive tackle and steadily improved, until he became second team ALL-AFC in 1978. But then during a 1979 pre-season drill with his teammates, his helmet was struck and a blood clot in the brain developed. A surgical intervention removed it, probably saving his life, but he could no longer play and retired after the 1979 season.

In 2010, Sampson was voted by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times as the Houston Oilers best offensive lineman in the history of the team.

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Despite a short career, Sampson still a great one for Oilers

v t e 1972 NFL Draft First Round Selections

Walt Patulski Sherman White Lionel Antoine Ahmad Rashād Riley Odoms Greg Sampson Willie Buchanon Royce Smith Jerome Barkum Jeff Siemon Jerry Tagge Craig Clemons Franco Harris John Reaves Clarence Ellis Herb Orvis Eldridge Small Thom Darden Terry Beasley Mike Taylor Mike Siani Tom Drougas Jeff Kinney Larry Jacobson Mike Kadish Bill Thomas

Draft years 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

v t e Houston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Tennessee Titans first-round draft picks

Cannon Ditka Jacobs Brabham Appleton Elkins Nobis Regner Webster Pritchard Wilkerson Pastorini Sampson Amundson Matuszak Brazile Hardeman Towns Campbell Munchak Matthews Steinkuhler R. Johnson Childress Everett Jeffires Highsmith White Williams Lathon Hopkins Ford McNair George Holmes Dyson Kearse Bulluck Haynesworth Woolfolk Jones Young Griffin C. Johnson Britt Morgan Locker Wright Warmack

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

Persondata
Name	Sampson, Greg
Alternative names
Short description	Player of American football
Date of birth	October 25, 1950
Place of birth	Bellingham, Washington
Date of death
Place of death

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