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- As a player for the
- Baltimore Colts in the
- 1960ΓÇÖs, John Mackey
- helped change the way
- the tight end position was
- played.
-
- Before John came along, tight ends
- were used mostly to block. Few caught
- passes. But John could not only catch the
- football, he was also as strong as a bull. It
- almost always took more than one player to
- tackle him.
-
- On top of his strength, John also was the
- fastest tight end of his day. He could catch
- long passes as well as short ones. In
- Super Bowl V, in 1971, John caught
- a 75-yard touchdown pass from
-