Sam DeLuca - #65 - G - South Carolina - Profile

Offensive team captain ... begins third year as starter for Jets ... sound fundamentally ... excellent attitude and hard worker ... over the years has missed very little time because of injuries ... made switch from right to left guard this past season without any problems ... at left guard must face some of pro football's leading defensive tackles including Ernie Ladd, Tom Sestak, Houston Antwine, Buck Buchanan ... Jets purchased DeLuca from San Diego in 1964 ... played on Chargers' 1960 and '61 Division winners and '63 AFL championship team ... retired in '62 to remain on East Coast ... broke into pro ball with Toronto in 1958 after being drafted by Giants ... was all-Metropolitan performer at Lafayette HS in Brooklyn ... always in excellent condition ... polished after-dinner speaker ... made numerous public relations appearances for Jets in offseason ... Family: wife, Henrietta; son, Warren, 9; daughters, Diane, 6, Suzanne, 4 ... Hometown: Brooklyn, N. Y.