Mark Pike

{{Short description|American football player (1963–2021)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Use American English|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = MarkPike.png

| number = 57, 94

| position = Linebacker
Defensive end
Special teamer

| birth_date = {{birth date|1963|12|27|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Elizabethtown, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|08|1963|12|27|mf=y}}

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 272

| high_school = Dixie Heights
(Edgewood, Kentucky)

| college = Georgia Tech

| draftyear = 1986

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 178

| pastteams =

| statlabel1 = Tackles

| statvalue1 = 41

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 1

| statlabel3 = Sacks

| statvalue3 = 1.0

| pfr = P/PikeMa20

}}

Mark Harold Pike (December 27, 1963 – December 8, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker, defensive end, and special teamer for twelve seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Buffalo Bills. He was originally selected in the seventh round of the 1986 NFL Draft by the Bills.{{Cite web |title=1986 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1986/draft.htm |access-date=October 2, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played in four Super Bowls.

Biography

Pike was a graduate of Dixie Heights High School in Erlanger, Kentucky.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120324101350/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PIKEMAR01 Mark Pike]}}. databasefootball.com

He died on December 8, 2021, at age 57, from non-Hodgkin lymphoma complicated by COVID-19 pneumonia.{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Chris |title=Bills special teams stalwart Mark Pike passes away |url=https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-special-teams-stalwart-mark-pike-passes-away |website=www.buffalobills.com |access-date=December 8, 2021 |date=December 8, 2021}}

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