Lamar Lundy
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| Positions | Defensive end End | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | April 17, 1935 Richmond, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | February 24, 2007 (aged 71) Richmond, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Richmond | ||||||||||||||
| College | Purdue | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1957: 4th round, 47th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Lamar J. Lundy Jr. (April 17, 1935 – February 24, 2007) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1969. He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and was selected by the Rams in the fourth round of the 1957 NFL draft.
Along with Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, and Rosey Grier, Lundy was a member of the Fearsome Foursome, often considered one of the best defensive lines in NFL history. All four also did some acting; Lundy portrayed the boulder-hurling cyclops in the unaired pilot of Lost in Space (this pilot was later made into episode 4 of the series, entitled "There Were Giants in the Earth").