Mark Pattison (American football)

Mark Lester Pattison (born December 13, 1961) is a former American football wide receiver who played four seasons in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, and New Orleans Saints. He played college football at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Mark Pattison
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Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1961-12-13) December 13, 1961
Seattle, Washington
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:Seattle (WA) Roosevelt
College:Washington
NFL Draft:1985 / Round: 7 / Pick: 188
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:12
Receiving Yards:152
Touchdowns:0
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

High school

Born and raised in Seattle, Pattison graduated from its Roosevelt High School in 1980. Playing as a wide receiver as a junior and at quarterback as a senior for the Roughriders, he was the player of the year as voted on by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper. Pattison was elected to the Roosevelt Hall of Fame in 2004 and is one of five football players inducted since 1922.

College

Pattison was a three-year letterman at the University of Washington in Seattle under head coach Don James. His senior year concluded in the New Year's night 1985 Orange Bowl in which he caught the go-ahead touchdown. He was selected in the seventh round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Raiders. In 2016, Pattison's 1984 team was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame.[1]

After football

Following his NFL career, Pattison took up mountain climbing. In 2013, he began a goal to climb the Seven Summits, the highest points on each of the seven continents. To date, his successful ascents include Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) in 2013 and 2017 (19,333'),[2] Mount Elbrus (Russia) in 2014 (18,666'), Mount Kosciuszko (Australia) in 2015 (7,310'), and Aconcagua (Argentina) in February, 2016 (23,000'), Denali (Alaska) in 2018 (20,230'), Vinson Massif (Antartica) in 2019 (16,0666) and is planning to climb Mt Everest and Lhotse in the spring of 2021 within 24 hours of each other. Less than 40 people have climbed the highest peaks on all seven continents and Lhotse, the 4th highest mountain in the world. [3] and will become the first NFL player to climb all Seven Summits + Lhotse.[4]

References
  1. "Washington Huskies". Washington Huskies.
  2. "Former Players Newsletter". www.nflpa.com.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2015-10-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2016-05-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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