Nick Rassas

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Nick Rassas
No. 27
Position: Safety
Personal information
Born: (1944-01-13) January 13, 1944 (age 81)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Career information
High school: Wilmette (IL) Loyola
College: Notre Dame
NFL draft: 1966: 2nd round, 17th pick
AFL draft: 1966: 2nd round, 16th pick
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played - started:27 - 0
Interceptions:1
Fumble recoveries:2
Stats at Pro Football Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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]

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References

  1. Atlanta Falcons 1968 Media Guide. Atlanta Falcons. 1968. p. 29 via Internet Archive.
  2. Minter, Jim (August 28, 1966). "Intelligent, Articulate, Confident – Falcons' Rassas: Not Typical". The Atlanta Journal. Retrieved July 5, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Dent, Jim (2009). Resurrection: The miracle season that saved Notre Dame. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press. ISBN   9780312567217.