Aaron Kyle

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Aaron Kyle
Position (s):
Cornerback 		Jersey numbers:
25, 22
born April 6, 1954 in Detroit , Michigan
Career information
Active : 1976 - 1982
NFL Draft : 1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27
College : University of Wyoming
Teams
Career statistics
Games     95
as a starter     76
Interceptions     11
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Aaron Douglas Kyle (* 6. April 1954 in Detroit , Michigan , USA ) is a former American American Football- players. He played as a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) with the Dallas Cowboys and the Denver Broncos .

Player career

College career

Aaron Kyle attended high school in his hometown and received an athletic scholarship from the University of Wyoming as a football player in 1971 . With the Wyoming Cowboys , the football team of his college , he played as safety college football . Because of his athletic performance, he took part in three selection games.

Professional career

In 1976 , Kyle was drafted 27th in the first round by the Dallas Cowboys . The head coach of the Cowboys, Tom Landry , put him in the position of cornerback as a substitute for Benny Barnes . In 1977 he was able to assert himself as a starter and also celebrated his greater sporting success that year. He won the NFC championship and the Super Bowl with the team from Dallas, led by quarterback Roger Staubach . First, the Cowboys beat the Minnesota Vikings 23: 6 in the NFC final . This was followed by a 37-7 win over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII . In this game Kyle managed to intercept a pass from opposing quarterback Craig Morton , which he could contribute significantly to the victory of his team.

The following season Kyle failed after winning the NFC title again in Super Bowl XIII with 35:31 at the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In 1980 , Aaron Kyle joined the Denver Broncos, managed by Red Miller . After the 1982 season he ended his career.

Web links

source

  • Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories. (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .
  • Cliff Harris , Charlie Waters : Tales from the Dallas Cowboys Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Cowboys Stories Ever Told. Simon and Schuster, 2016, ISBN 978-1-61321-912-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1977
  2. ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1977
  3. ↑ Statistics Super Bowl XII
  4. ^ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1978
  5. ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1978
  6. ↑ Statistics Super Bowl XIII
Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl XII Champions


1 Efren Herrera  | 11 Danny White  | 12 Roger Staubach  | 18 Glenn Carano  | 20 Mel Renfro  | 21 Doug Dennison  | 25 Aaron Kyle  | 26 Preston Pearson  | 31 Benny Barnes  | 33 Tony Dorsett  | 35 Scott Laidlaw  | 36 Larry Brinson  | 41 Charlie Waters  | 42 Randy Hughes  | 43 Cliff Harris  | 44 Robert Newhouse  | 46 Mark Washington  | 50 DD Lewis  | 53 Bob Breunig  | 54 Randy White ( Co-MVP )  | 56 Thomas Henderson  | 57 Bruce Huther  | 58 Mike Hegman  | 59 Guy Brown  | 61 Jim Cooper  | 62 John Fitzgerald  | 63 Larry Cole  | 64 Tom Rafferty  | 65 Dave Stalls  | 66 Burton Lawless  | 67 Pat Donovan  | 68 Herbert Scott  | 70 Rayfield Wright  | 71 Andy Frederick  | 72 Ed "Too Tall" Jones  | 73 Ralph Neely  | 75 Jethro Pugh  | 77 Bill Gregory  | 79 Harvey Martin ( Co-MVP )  | 80 Tony Hill  | 83 Golden Richards  | 86 Butch Johnson  | 87 Jay Saldi  | 88 Drew Pearson  | 89 Billy Joe DuPree  | Head Coach: Tom Landry  | Coaches: Ermal Allen  | Mike Ditka  | Jim Myers  | Dan Reeves  | Gene Stallings  | Ernie Stautner  | Jerry Tubbs

personal data
SURNAME Kyle, Aaron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kyle, Aaron Douglas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan , USA