Man Who Drowned In East Texas Fishing Competition Was Football Star

Pete Lammons, Jr
Courtesy: University of Texas

Game Wardens identified the fisherman who drowned in Sam Rayburn Lake during the Major League Fishing Toyota Series fishing tournament as 77-year-old Pete Spencer Lammons, Jr., of Houston. Lammons was a legendary football player at Jacksonville High School and the University of Texas national championship team. He played a tight end for the New York Jets from 1966 to 1971, where he won a Superbowl and ended his professional career as a member of the Green Bay Packers in 1972.