Mike Lucci

Mike Lucci
Career information
No. 52, 53
Date of birth	(1939-12-29) December 29, 1939
Place of birth	Ambridge, Pennsylvania
Position(s)	Linebacker
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	230 lb (100 kg)
College	Tennessee
NFL draft	1961 / Round: 5 / Pick: 69
Drafted by	Cleveland Browns
Career history
As player
1962–1964	Cleveland Browns
1965–1973	Detroit Lions
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls	1
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Michael Gene Lucci (born December 29, 1939) is a former National Football League player for the Cleveland Browns for 3 seasons from 1962 to 1964 and 9 seasons with the Detroit Lions from 1965 to 1973. Lucci played collegiately at the University of Tennessee and for one year at the University of Pittsburgh.

He was a 6'2", 230-pound middle linebacker known for his ability to play through injury. Lucci’s defensive coverage abilities earned him a total of 21 career interceptions with Detroit. He returned four of those interceptions for touchdowns. Lucci was voted by his teammates the Lions’ Defensive Most Valuable Player from 1969-1971. In addition, he was All-NFL in 1969, NFC All-Conference in 1970-1971. Lucci was named to the Pro Bowl following the 1971 season where he intercepted five passes, two of which he returned for touchdowns.

Lucci also appeared as himself in the 1968 film Paper Lion, and from 1976 to 1978 served as a color analyst for Lions broadcasts on WJR radio.

Business career

After retiring from the NFL Lucci was a successful business executive and entrepreneur. He is the former president of Bally Total Fitness which at the time was the largest commercial operator of fitness centers in the United States.

Currently

Lucci divides his time between homes in Michigan and Palm Beach County, Florida.

External links

Mike Lucci career stats
The Pennsylvania Football News All-Century Team
Bally Total Fitness Official website

Cleveland Browns 1961 NFL draft selections

Bobby Crespino Ed Nutting John Brown Mike Lucci Frank Parker Preston Powell Fred Cox John Frongillo Jake Gibbs Wayne Wolff Ken Ericson Billy Gault Dick Lage Jack Wilson Phil Lohman Charley Taylor Roger Shoals Calvin Bird Ed Morris Bob Minihane Charlie Baker

Draft years 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Cleveland Browns 1964 NFL champions

11 Jim Ninowski 13 Frank Ryan 20 Ross Fichtner 22 Lowell Caylor 23 Larry Benz 24 Bobby Franklin 26 Dave Raimey 27 Walter Roberts 30 Bernie Parrish 32 Jim Brown 35 Galen Fiss 36 Charley Scales 38 Stan Sczurek 42 Paul Warfield 44 Leroy Kelly 48 Ernie Green 49 Walter Beach 50 Vince Costello 52 Mike Lucci 56 John Morrow 62 Dale Memmelaar 60 John Wooten 64 Ed Bettridge 66 Gene Hickerson 67 Sid Williams 69 Jim Kanicki 70 John Brown 72 Mike Bundra 73 Monte Clark 74 Dick Modzelewski 75 Roger Shoals 76 Lou Groza 77 Dick Schafrath 78 Frank Parker 79 Bob Gain 80 Bill Glass 82 Jim Houston 83 Johnny Brewer 84 Paul Wiggin 85 Clifton McNeil 86 Gary Collins 87 Tom Hutchinson

Head Coach: Blanton Collier

Assistant Coaches: Howard Brinker Fritz Heisler Dub Jones Nick Skorich Ed Ulinski

Italian American Sports Hall of Fame

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