Roy Winston

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Roy Winston
Career information
Date of birth	(1940-09-15) September 15, 1940
Place of birth	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Position(s)	Linebacker
College	LSU
NFL draft	1962 / Round: 4 / Pick: 45
Career history
As player
1962–1976	Minnesota Vikings
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Roy Charles Winston (born September 15, 1940) is a former professional American football player.

Roy Winston graduated from Louisiana State University, where he was a standout offensive guard in the 10–7 LSU victory over arch-rival Ole Miss in 1961.^[1]

Winston played 15 seasons in the National Football League, all with the Minnesota Vikings.

He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1962 NFL Draft by the Vikings, for whom he played until he retired after the 1976 season. During that time, he was one of 11 players to play in all four of the Vikings Super Bowl appearances (Super Bowl IV, Super Bowl VIII, Super Bowl IX, Super Bowl XI).

Winston delivered one of the most devastating tackles ever filmed. In a game against the Miami Dolphins in 1972, fullback Larry Csonka circled out into the flat to catch a pass. Just as he caught the pass, Winston hit him from behind with such force that the 240-pound Csonka was nearly cut in half. The tackle was so grotesque it was shown on The Tonight Show. Csonka dropped the ball and rolled on the field in agony. He thought his back was broken and literally crawled off the field (he was not seriously injured, however). After their respective retirements from the NFL, Winston and Csonka remained close friends. Csonka invited Winston to be his guest when Csonka was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In 1976, Winston was inducted into the LSU Hall of Fame; in 1991, into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches.

References

↑ Chet Hilburn, The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football (Bloomington, Indiana: WestBow Press, 2012), p. 34

1961 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB Sandy Stephens HB Ernie Davis HB Jimmy Saxton FB Bob Ferguson C Alex Kroll G Joe Romig G Roy Winston T Billy Neighbors T Merlin Olsen E Gary Collins E Bill Miller

Minnesota Vikings 1962 NFL draft selections

Bill Miller Roy Winston Larry Bowie Paul White Marshall Shirk Gary Fallon Roger Van Cleef Patrick Russ Larry Guilford John Contoulis Ron Staley Junior Hawthorne Tommy Minter Terry Cagaanan

SEC Football Legends

Alabama Crimson Tide	Jordan Gilmer Neighbors Hannah Rast Musso Stephenson Namath Mancha Castille C. Bennett Sloan Stabler Langham Starr Baumhower Griffin Homan Crane M. Lyons

Arkansas Razorbacks	Alworth Ferguson Dicus Benton Cl. Scott Montgomery Cavaness Atwater L. Phillips Way. Harris Marshall Grovey Hatfield B. Smith G. Anderson Broyles L. Harris Summerall W. Martin

Auburn Tigers	Newton Bo Jackson Sullivan Rocker Frederickson Cribbs Z. Smith Burkett Danley Kolen Beasley Wallace J. Phillips Dyas Del Greco Riggins Rice Carr McClinton Owens Sanders

Florida Gators	Alvarez Youngblood Bell Reaves N. Anderson Moore Cameron Richardson Culpepper Lar. Smith L. Brown Armstrong Oliver Ortega Anthony Rhett Carter I. Hilliard Tannen Chandler Tebow

Georgia Bulldogs	Tarkenton Walker Trippi Stanfill Hoage Rauch Butler T. Lyons Woerner Patton Stinchcomb M. Wilson Bratkowski Hearst Robinson Zeier Zambiasi Bailey Greene Worley

Kentucky Wildcats	Parilli Ramsey W. Jones Claiborne Gain Meilinger Michaels Ball Still Dawson Blanda W. Bryant Van Note Seiple Kovach I. Goode Couch Bird S. Collins Hackett

LSU Tigers	Cannon J. Taylor D. Hilliard Alexander B. Jones Stovall Winston Hodson M. Anderson E. Martin Dietzel Tittle Casanova M. Brooks Lan. Smith W. Davis Miller Bevan Mawae Faulk

Mississippi State Bulldogs	Baker Webb Corhern Freeman Cooks Lewis Hull Felker H. Davis Keys A. Davis Fortunato Stacy T. Goode Bi. Jackson Way. Harris Moulds Neville Wal. Harris G. Collins

Missouri Tigers	Roland Bradley Winslow Wehrli

Ole Miss Rebels	Conerly A. Manning B. Poole Vaught Dottley C. Flowers Khayat R. Poole B. Williams Adams A. Brown Townsend Gibbs Walls Lear Franklin Lindsay McAllister Griffing Herrod

South Carolina Gamecocks	Rogers Hawkins Sharpe Ellis B. Bryant Sanford Green R. Brooks Grantz D. Harris Reeves Muir W. Scott Staley Brad Edwards Suggs Provence B. Bennett Simpson Runager

Tennessee Volunteers	B. Johnson Atkins Holloway P. Manning Michels R. Flowers Kiner DeLong Morgan White J. Majors Emanuel Seivers Kell Gault Shuler Dickey A. Wilson B. Majors Price I. Johnson

Texas A&M Aggies	Bean Crow Green Nguyen

Vanderbilit Commodores	Wade Asher Hall Curtis Horton Werckle Rich Wolford Jim Arnold W. Taylor Mitchell Gaines E. Jones Ch. Scott Quarles Duncan Chavous C. Harris Hillenmeyer J. Williams

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