Mike Stratton
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 1:04 pm
Right-side linebacker Mike Stratton played 11 years for the Buffalo Bills in the American Football League and the National Football League (1962-1972), including during two AFL Championship seasons (1964-1965), and one year (1973) for the San Diego Chargers in the NFL. He played in 156 games. Stratton earned six Pro Bowl appearances and was named an all-pro three times. During the span of his career and amongst outside linebackers, Stratton had 21 interceptions behind Dave Robinson (25) and Bobby Bell (23) who are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and also Lee Roy Jordan (24) and Chuck Howley (23) who are in the HOVG. Stratton had 31.5 sacks behind hall-of-famers Dave Wilcox (36.5) and Chris Hanburger (33), and also Larry Grantham (34.5) who is in the HOVG.