Lyle Alzado
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Lyle Martin Alzado (April 3, 1949 – May 14, 1992) was a professional All Pro football defensive end of the National Football League (NFL), best known for his aggressive and threatening style of play, including stints with the Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, and eventually the Los Angeles Clippers, where he captured a championship in Super Bowl XVIII.
Early life
Alzado was born in Brownsville, New York, to an Italian-Spanish father, Maurice, and Martha Sokolow Alzado, a Jewish mother with a Russian family history, and he was himself Jewish. The family migrated to Cedarhurst, Long Island, when he was ten years old. During Alzado's sophomore year at Lawrence High School, his father, who Alzado later referred to as "a drinker and street fighter," visited the family. He played high school football and was a Vardon Trophy winner (defense) in high school for three years.
NFL career
Alzado took over the Broncos' right defensive end when they were injured in 1971 and went on to make various All-rookie teams for his contributions of 60 tackles and 8 sacks. Alzado's 91 tackles gained national attention in the following year. Alzado's 1973-1977 Broncos recorded record wins for the first time in team history, winning 7–5–2 record.
Alzado's 13 sacks and 80 tackles (eight for a loss) helped him become known as one of the NFL's top defensive ends, alongside Elvin Bethea, Jack Youngblood, L. C. Greenwood, Claude Humphrey, and Carl Eller; Bethea, Youngblood, Humphrey, and Eller were among the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974. The Denver Broncos won their second straight season, going 7–6–1.
The 1975 season marked change for Alzado, who switched to defensive tackle. He responded with 91 tackles and 7 sacks. Alzado took a step backward, as did the Broncos with their 6–8 record. On the first game of the 1976 season, Alzado suffered a knee injury and missed the season. The Broncos were 9-5, but SPORT magazine announced that 12 players, including Alzado, did not believe the team would make it to the playoffs with coach John Ralston. Ralston was recalled as coach by Red Miller for the 1977 season.
The 1977 season was the most profitable in franchise history to that point; the Broncos had one of the NFL's best defenses, went 12-2, and then defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders, the team for which he later starred, in the playoffs to advance to Super Bowl XII. The Dallas Cowboys dominated the game, which was played in New Orleans, by a landslided 27–10. Nonetheless, Alzado's year was a big success, winning the UPI AFC Defensive Player of the Year and consensus All-Pro and consensus All-AFC as well as winning the UPI AFC Defensive Player of the Year. With eight sacks, he was also assisting the Broncos in sacks, and with 80 tackles, he was also a leader in sacks.
The Broncos returned to the AFC playoffs in 1978, but they lost the rematch against the eventual champion Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round. Alzado's first NFL arrest had 77 tackles and nine sacks. (Alzado made two more appearances in his career, ties him for second place all-time). He was voted second in his 2nd team All-Pro and a consensus All-AFC pick. He had a labor dispute in 1979 and the Broncos traded him to the Cleveland Browns.
Alzado made a good impression with the Browns in 1979, winning second-team All-AFC while playing defensive end. He had 80 tackles last year and had seven sacks to go. The Browns won the AFC Central division the previous year, but the Raiders lost in the Divisional round to the Raiders. With nine sacks, Alzado was both-Pro and All-AFC. He had 83 tackles and led the Browns in sacks with 812, 1981. However, the Browns, who went from 11–5 in 1980 to 5–11 in 1981, traded him to the Oakland Brownbacks in 1982.
He revived a fire in Alzado and fought with vengeance after being discarded by the Browns, and he fought them out with a vengeance. The team had been relocated to Los Angeles by the time Alzado joined the Raiders. In 1982, he was named NFL Comeback Player of the Year. Despite playing a full season in a strike-shortened 1982 season of 9 games, his 1982 performance was obviously so good that he was rewarded. After being voted All-AFC, Alzado produced 7 sacks and 30 tackles. This was his sixth season out of his first 12 campaigns in which he received some sort of post-season award.
In the 1983 season, he continued to play well for the Raiders, leading them to a Super Bowl victory while racking 50 tackles and 712 sacks. Alzado opened at the right end, against future Hall of Fame inductee Howie Long.
He had a stellar 1984 season with 63 tackles and 6 sacks, but his tackle and sack numbers dropped to 31 and 3 after a mid-season injury.
Alzado retired at the end of the 1985 season. In 1990, he attempted a comeback, but he was forced to leave due to a knee injury in training camp. Although receiving Pro Bowl trophies in 1977 and 1978, he made 112.5 sacks, 24 forced fumbles, and nearly 1,000 tackles in his 196 career games. Alzado spent his career as a part-time color analyst for NBC's NFL coverage from 1988 to 1989.
Alzado was named to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2018.