Ernie “Big Cat” Ladd, a monolithic defensive tackle who played on the San Diego Chargers’ 1963 American Football League championship team then left professional football after eight years for a more ...

"I'm six feet nine, weigh 320 pounds and my feet cover the ground that I walk upon." The first time that I met Ernie Ladd was in the New Orleans airport in the mid-'70s, where I was sent by promoter ...

Very few athletes reach the pinnacle of one sport, let alone two, but Louisiana's own Ernie Ladd is one of those special few to master multiple arenas. A dominating football player before ...

GRAMBLING, La. | Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd, who played on championship professional football teams before finding more lucrative success in pro wrestling, has died. He was 68. Ladd played in the America ...

Grambling, LA -- Former NFL defensive lineman and professional wrestler Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd died Saturday following a long bout with cancer. He was 68. Ladd was an imposing figure at almost six-ten ...