Richard Carl "Rich" Ackerman (born June 16, 1959 in La Grange, Illinois

La Grange, Illinois

La Grange, a suburb of Chicago, is a village in Cook County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 15,608 at the 2000 census.-History:...

) is a former American football

American football

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 defensive tackle in the National Football League

National Football League

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. He played for the San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

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 and Los Angeles Raiders

History of the Oakland Raiders

-Early years :A few months after the first AFL draft in 1959, the owners of the yet-unnamed Minneapolis franchise accepted an offer to join the established National Football League as an expansion team in 1961, sending the AFL scrambling for a replacement. At the time, Oakland seemed an unlikely...

, and attended Glenbard North High School

Glenbard North High School

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. He had a career total 18 starts

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, 14 with the San Diego Chargers.

Rich Ackerman currently has two beautiful children and is living his post-NFL days playing the guitar and serenading whomever is lucky enough to find his elusive band playing at their local watering hole.