Alphonse Dotson

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Position: Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1943-02-25) February 25, 1943 (age 81)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Career information
College: Grambling State
NFL draft: 1965  / Round: 2 / Pick: 24 [1]
AFL draft: 1965  / Round: Red Shirt 1 / Pick: 5
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:47
Games started:4
Safety:1

Alphonse Alan Dotson (born February 25, 1943) is a former American football defensive tackle who played college American football at Grambling State, where he was All-American in 1964. [2] [3]

He was drafted by the National Football League (NFL)'s Green Bay Packers in the 2nd round (24th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft but signed with the American Football League (AFL)'s Kansas City Chiefs and played a year. In 1966, he played for the AFL's Miami Dolphins. From 1967–1970 he played for the AFL's Oakland Raiders, mostly as a backup as he recorded only 4 career starts. The Raiders defensive line of that era was Ike Lassiter, Ben Davidson, Tom Keating, and Dan Birdwell, a group who set the NFL sack record (broken in 1984 by the Chicago Bears), so Dotson did not get a lot of playing time, although he played in most of the games while with the Raiders. [4]

His son is Santana Dotson, himself a former All-American and also the 1993 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and played in two Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers. He was a Super Bowl champion winning Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers. [5] [6]

When his son, Santana, had become a free agent, Alphonse acted as his son's agent used his commission on the deal to purchase 83 acres (340,000 m2) which includes grapevines that covered 1/3 of the land. So now, Dotson is now a grape grower at Certenberg Vineyards in Texas. [7] He also is a former president of the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association. [5] [8]

Dotson's grandson Alonzo Dotson, a defensive end, played college American football at the University of Oklahoma where he was part of two National Championship games and won three Big XII Conference Championships. Alonzo is now a National Scout For The Buffalo Bills after 4 seasons as a area scout for the New York Jets, he also spent 5 seasons with the Green Bay Packers as a college scout. [9] [10]

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  2. ↑ Olderman, Murray (November 17, 1964). "NEA All-American Teams Are Split Into Platoons". Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
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  5. 1 2 Possley, Maurice (April 4, 2008). "NFL vet is Texas grapes' MVP". Chicago Tribune. p. 3. Retrieved May 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Goodwyn, Wade (May 14, 2009)Texas Presses Ahead in Wine Production National Public Radio. Retrieved 4-2-09.
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