{{Short description|American football player (1934–2001)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Dee Mackey | number = 87, 85, 89 | position = Tight end | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|10|16}} | birth_place = Gilmer, Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2001|02|26|1934|10|16}} | death_place = Gladewater, Texas, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 235 | college = East Texas State | draftyear = 1958 | draftround = 24 | draftpick = 287 | afldraftyear = 1960 | afldraftround = 2 | pastteams = * San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1960}}) * Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1961|1962}}) * New York Jets (1963-1965) | highlights = * East Texas State Hall of Fame, 1984 | statleague = NFL/AFL | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 94 | statlabel2 = Receiving yards | statvalue2 = 1,352 | statlabel3 = Touchdowns | statvalue3 = 8 | pfr = MackDe00 }}
'''Dee Elbert Mackey'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MackDe00.htm |title=Dee Mackey |access-date=March 13, 2009 |publisher=pro-football-reference.com |date= }}</ref> (October 16, 1934{{spaced ndash}}February 26, 2001) was an American professional football tight end who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL). He played for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers (1960)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sf49ers.com/history/all-time_roster.php |title=San Francisco 49ers All-Time Roster |access-date=March 13, 2009 |publisher=sf49ers.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224175142/http://www.sf49ers.com/history/all-time_roster.php |archive-date=December 24, 2008 }}</ref> and the Baltimore Colts (1961–1962).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colts.com/images/news_photos/communitydynamic/2008_mediaguide_sec7.pdf |title=Indianapolis Colts 2008 Media Guide |access-date=March 13, 2009 |publisher=colts.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030141720/http://www.colts.com/images/news_photos/communitydynamic/2008_mediaguide_sec7.pdf |archive-date=October 30, 2008 }}</ref> He played for the AFL's New York Jets (1963–1965).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/all_time/M |title=New York Jets All-Time Roster |access-date=March 13, 2009 |publisher=newyorkjets.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219164524/http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/all_time/M |archive-date=February 19, 2009 }}</ref>
He played college football at East Texas State and was a 24th round selection (287th overall pick) in the 1958 NFL draft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1958 |title=1958 NFL Draft History: Full Draft |access-date=March 13, 2009 |work=nfl.com |date= }}</ref>
==Personal== Dee Mackey's son Kyle also played football professionally in the NFL<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/kylemackey/profile?id=MAC546425 |title=Kyle Mackey |access-date=March 13, 2009 |work=nfl.com |date= }}</ref> and the Arena Football League.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arenafan.com/players/Kyle_Mackey-993/ |title=Kyle Mackey |access-date=March 13, 2009 |publisher=arenafan.com |date= }}</ref> Mackey's granddaughter, Molly Mackey, played NCAA Division I softball at the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 2014 to 2015.<ref name="MollyMackey ">{{cite web| title=Molly Mackey Bio - ULM Warhawks Athletics|publisher=ULMWarhawks.com| url=http://www.ulmwarhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209280183&DB_OEM_ID=19000|access-date=June 6, 2017}}</ref>
Dee Mackey died at his home in Gladewater, Texas of a heart attack.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/thepride/april2001/Page20.htm |title=The Pride |access-date=March 13, 2009 |date=April 2001 |volume=53 |issue=3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524152258/http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/thepride/april2001/Page20.htm |archive-date=May 24, 2009 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090222003900/http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/all_time/player/486-dee-mackey Profile from the 1964 Jets yearbook]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mackey, Dee}} Category:1934 births Category:2001 deaths Category:Sportspeople from Gilmer, Texas Category:American football tight ends Category:Tyler Apaches football players Category:East Texas A&M Lions football players Category:East Texas A&M Lions men's basketball players Category:San Francisco 49ers players Category:Baltimore Colts players Category:New York Jets players Category:American Football League players Category:People from Gladewater, Texas Category:American men's basketball players
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