1963 Topps football card of former Los Angeles Ram defensive lineman David “Deacon” Jones, who is listed as an “end” on this card but was so much more than that. Jones was the emotional and spiritual leader of one of the NFL’s most famous defensive fronts – the Rams’ “Fearsome Foursome”, along with Merlin Olsen, Rosey Grier and Lamar Lundy. He was a tremendous player who never shied away from vocalizing his hatred for opposing quarterbacks, and regularly terrorized opponents’ backfields. Deacon literally invented the term “quarterback sack”, as he played in an era before tackling the QB for a loss was kept as an official statistic. Jones also was the first defensive lineman to utilize the “head slap” as a technique for beating opposing offensive linemen, and this tactic has since been outlawed by the league. Nicknamed “The Secretary of Defense”, he was an eight time Pro Bowler, was named to both the All Decade team for the 1960s and the NFL’s 75th Anniversary All Time team, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.