Rick Ackerman

{{Short description|American football player (born 1959)}}

{{For|the sports personality|CBS Sports Radio}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| caption =

| position = Defensive tackle

| number = 91, 97, 60

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|6|16}}

| birth_place = La Grange, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 250

| high_school = Glenbard North
(Carol Stream, Illinois)

| college = Memphis

| undraftedyear = 1981

| teams =

• San Diego Chargers (1981–1984)
• Los Angeles Raiders (1984, 1987)

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 7.5

| statlabel2 = Games

| statvalue2 = 42

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 3

| pfr = AckeRi20

}}

Richard Carl Ackerman (born June 16, 1959) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played for the San Diego Chargers and Los Angeles Raiders,{{cite web|url=http://www.chargers.com/team/history/all-time-roster.html|title=San Diego Chargers {{!}} All Time Roster|accessdate=January 24, 2010|publisher=The San Diego Chargers}}{{cite news|date=August 3, 1987|title=AT RAIDERS CAMP, EXPECT A DAILY VISIT FROM COACH DAVIS|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|accessdate=January 24, 2010|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF5153FE7E5E262&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}} and attended Glenbard North High School. He had a career total 18 starts, 14 with the San Diego Chargers.

Rich Ackerman is a good guitar

player and plays around venues

in Wyoming. He was also a salesman for Winn Marion in

his later years. He is a good

golfer and has more friends

in Wyoming than he knows.

He is one with a kind soul.