Billy Truax
| Billy Truax | |
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Position (s): Tight End |
Jersey number (s): 87 |
| born July 15, 1943 in Gulfport , Mississippi | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1964 - 1973 | |
| NFL Draft : 1964 / Round: 2 / Pick: 26 | |
| College : Louisiana State University | |
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* only offseason / no regular season assignments |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 114 |
| as a starter | 50 |
| Captive yards | 2,458 |
| Captured passports | 199 |
| Touchdowns | 17th |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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William Frederick "Billy" Truax (born July 15, 1943 in Gulfport , Mississippi ) is a former American American football player. He played as a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) with the Dallas Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams .
youth
Billy Truax came from a humble background. He first grew up in his hometown together with five siblings in a house with two rooms. The way in New Orleans , the Holy Cross School to visit, saw to allow him a better life his father as a possibility. Already in high school he attracted attention as a football player, which also earned him a scholarship at Louisiana State University (LSU).
Player career
College career
In 1961, Billy Truax moved to LSU and played tight end college football for the LSU Tigers . In 1962 he won the Orange Bowl with the Tigers 25-7 against the University of Colorado team . The following year there was a 13-0 win in the Cotton Bowl Classic against the University of Texas . Because of his athletic achievements, he was elected All American in 1963 .
Professional career
Billy Truax was established in 1964 in the NFL Draft in the second round in 26th place by the Cleveland Browns selected. At the same time, the Houston Oilers from the AFL also showed interest in Truax and drew him in the AFL Draft in the second round in 14th place. Truax's professional career began sluggishly. He was signed by the Browns, but was handed over to the Los Angeles Rams after an injury. Only in his second year of play he was used by the Rams in the offense of the team and was henceforth available for quarterback Roman Gabriel as a pass recipient. It was not until George Allen took over as coach in 1966 that the Rams would develop into a top team in the following years. In 1967 and 1969 Truax was able to move into the play-offs with the Rams . The title did not succeed in both years. In 1967 the Rams failed 28: 7 at the Green Bay Packers , with Truax being able to catch two passes to gain 45 yards . In 1969 he was able to play in the play-off game against the Minnesota Vikings despite an excellent performance, he caught five passes to gain space of 47 yards and scored a touchdown that did not prevent his Rams from losing 23:20.
Billy Truax was given to the Dallas Cowboys by the Los Angeles team in exchange for Lance Rentzel after the 1970 season . Through his new head coach Tom Landry , he was used as a tight end in the offense together with the later member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Mike Ditka . The Cowboys were the reigning champions of the National Football Conference (NFC) and with Roger Staubach and Craig Morton had two excellent quarterbacks in their ranks, among whom Ditka and Truax were available as pass recipients. In addition Truax had the task of their own running backs Duane Thomas and Calvin Hill the way into the opposing end zone to free block .
Truax should be successful in his first year with his new team. In 1971 he won eleven of 14 games with the Cowboys in the regular season and thus moved back into the play-offs. After a 14: 3 win over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC final, in which he was able to use two passes from Roger Staubach to gain 43 yards, his team managed a 24: 3 in Super Bowl VI against the Miami Dolphins trained by Don Shula Victory.
Billy Truax played with the Cowboys until 1973 . He then ended his career.
After the career
William Truax became a successful entrepreneur after his career. He owns several companies and, among other things, runs a shopping center in his hometown . In 2015, he was inducted into his high school's hall of fame .
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
- Peter Golenbock: Landry's Boys: An Oral History of a Team and an Era, Triumph Books , 2005, ISBN 1-617-49954-4
- Brian Jensen, Troy Aikman : Where Have All Our Cowboys Gone , 2005, ISBN 1-461-63611-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Los Angeles Rams 1967
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Los Angeles Rams 1968
- ↑ Statistics play-off game Green Bay Packers vs. Los Angeles Rams 1967
- ↑ Statistics play-off game Minnesota Vikings vs. Los Angeles Rams 1969
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1971
- ↑ Statistics NFC final 1971
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl VI Statistics
- ↑ Admission of Billy Truax into the Holy Cross Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Truax, Billy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Truax, William Frederick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gulfport , Mississippi , USA |