Gary Glick

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Gary Glick
Positions:
Safety / Kicker 		Jersey numbers:
27, 26, 21, 47, 43
born on May 14, 1930
died on February 11, 2015
Career information
Active : 1956 - 1963
NFL Draft : 1956 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st
College : Colorado State
Teams
Career statistics
Interceptions     14th
Interception return yards     130
Conquered Fumbles / TDs     12/2
Tried / scored field goals     25/9
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
  • AFL Champion (1963)

Gary Glick Gaylen (* 14. May 1930 in Grant , Nebraska ; † 11. February 2015 in Fort Collins , Colorado ) was an American American football poker players on the position of Safety and Kickers . He played 7 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL).

Career

Gick was selected first overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1956 NFL Draft . He is the only defensive back ever to have been selected as the overall first. He previously played as a halfback , kicker, linebacker and quarterback at the Colorado A&M. He was used as backup safety and kicker, but was only able to convert nine out of 25 field goal attempts. He was released in mid- 1959 . As a result, he was committed by the Washington Redskins , where he also spent the following season. In 1961 he was signed by the Baltimore Colts . The 1962 season he was the coach of the Defense Backs of the Denver Broncos , before he ran for the last time in 1963 for the San Diego Chargers , with whom he also won the championship. He scored 14 interceptions in his career . In 1965 he was again a coach and remained so until the 1970s before he worked as an NFL scout.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Obituary: Gary Glick / Infamous draft pick in Steelers history. In: post-gazette.com. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, accessed March 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Alex Kozora: The Pre-Noll Era: Gary Glick. In: steelersdepot.com. Steelers Depot, 2014, accessed March 25, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ a b Passing of Gary Glick. In: csurams.com. Colorado State University Athletics, accessed March 25, 2020 .
First overall in the NFL Draft

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personal data
SURNAME Glick, Gary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glick, Gary Gaylen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Grant , Nebraska
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 2015
Place of death Fort Collins , Colorado