Robert Lyles
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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Born: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | March 21, 1961||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Los Angeles (CA) Belmont | ||||||||
College: | TCU | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1984 / round: 5 / pick: 114 | ||||||||
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Robert Damon Lyles (born March 21, 1961) is a former professional American football player who played the position of linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers and for the Atlanta Falcons. Lyles later served as a head coach in Arena Football League (AFL), coaching the Los Angeles Avengers in 2001 and the Georgia Force in 2002.[1]
Lyles suffered multiple strokes in 2022. As of September 2022, he is in critical condition in a Texas hospital and needs a heart transplant. With his NFL health insurance expired, his medical expenses were approximately $100,000 as of September 2022, and friends had raised about half that amount.[2]
References
- ^ "Houston Roughnecks Add Dennis McKnight And Robert Lyles To Staff". XFL. December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ "Rally held for Robert Lyles, former NFL linebacker in critical condition who needs heart transplant". KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV. September 1, 2022.
Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- American football linebackers
- Houston Oilers players
- Atlanta Falcons players
- TCU Horned Frogs football players
- Los Angeles Avengers coaches
- Georgia Force coaches
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats coaches
- Houston Roughnecks coaches
- Players of American football from Los Angeles
- Belmont High School (Los Angeles) alumni
- Coaches of American football from California
- Sports coaches from Los Angeles
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football linebacker, 1960s birth stubs