A World Saddened by the Loss of Raider Great: Jack “The Assassin” Tatum

July 28, 2010   ·   RaiderusMax   ·   Jump to comments

  He was known to millions worldwide as The Assassin . Sad news hits us all when we learned that Jack Tatum, the All-Pro safety for the Oakland Raiders had died of a heart attack in the city of Silver and Black, Oakland. He was a youthful 61.
   Jack Tatum was known for his hard-hitting plays. So hard in fact, that on Aug. 12, 1978, Darryl Stingley, ran into Jack Tatum on a crossing pattern and was left paralyzed.
    Jack Tatum was not the type of player to intentionally hurt players. However, according to his book They Call Me the Assassin he states that "I'll play the game the way the rules are written—I am supposed to hit people and destroy the play and the harder I hit them, the better I can do the job."
Jack Tatum did his job very well.
Jack Tatum grew up a poor child in Passaic, New Jersey. He grew up in a tough neighborhood and became fearless himself. He was a favorite player to come out of that region with All-State, All...

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