Hard-hitting Jack Tatum, former OSU and Oakland Raider football player, dies at 61

27 July 2010, 10:11 pm

ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS Jack Tatum, an Ohio State University football player and the Pro Bowl safety for the Oakland Raiders best known for his crushing hit that paralyzed Darryl Stingley in an NFL preseason game in 1978, has died. He was 61. Nicknamed The Assassin, Tatum, died of a heart attack Tuesday in an Oakland hospital, according to friend and former Ohio State teammate John Hicks ...... Read More »

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