:Eason Ramson
{{Short description|American football player (born 1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| number = 80, 87
| position = Tight end
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|4|30}}
| birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 232
| high_school = Christian Brothers
(Sacramento, California)
| college = Washington State
| draftyear = 1978
| draftround = 12
| draftpick = 312
| teams =
| highlights =
| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 104
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 983
| statlabel3 = Touchdowns
| statvalue3 = 5
| pfr = RamsEa00
}}
Eason Ramson (born April 30, 1956) is an American former professional football tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills.
During his career, he won a Super Bowl with the 49ers and was also the last player in the team's history to wear number 80 before Jerry Rice.
A Sports Illustrated Beta Vault article by Chuck Barney recounts Ramson turning his life around after bouts with cocaine and the California corrections department.{{Cite web|url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008659/2/index.htm|title=Registered & Protected by MarkMonitor|access-date=June 13, 2009|archive-date=December 3, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203031837/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008659/2/index.htm|url-status=dead}}
He is now a motivational speaker,{{Cite web | title=HOAX.COM: unravelling the truth from fiction, past to present... | url=http://49ers.footballspeakers.com/h/ramson/index.php | access-date=2025-02-16 | website=49ers.footballspeakers.com}} and is listed as a 2009 director at the Bayview YMCA {{Cite web |url=http://www.ymcasf.org/Bayview/about.html |title=Bayview Hunter's Point Branch of the YMCA of San Francisco |access-date=June 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208152957/http://ymcasf.org/Bayview/about.html |archive-date=February 8, 2009 |url-status=dead }} in the southeast corridor of San Francisco and a Director for the C.A.R.E. Program.
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{{Green Bay Packers 1978 NFL draft picks}}
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Category:Players of American football from Sacramento, California
Category:American football tight ends
Category:Washington State Cougars football players
Category:St. Louis Cardinals (football) players
Category:San Francisco 49ers players
Category:Buffalo Bills players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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