Dan Fouts
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey number (s): 14 |
| born June 10, 1951 in San Francisco , California | |
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| Active : 1973 - 1987 | |
| NFL Draft : 1973 / Round: 3 / Pick: 64 | |
| College : Oregon | |
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| Career statistics | |
| TD - INT | 254-242 |
| Yards | 43,040 |
| QB rating | 80.2 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
Daniel Francis Fouts (* 10. June 1951 in San Francisco , California ) is a former American American football poker players at the position of quarterback . Throughout his professional career, from 1973 to 1987 , he played for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).
Childhood and youth
Dan Fouts is the son of a radio sports commentator, Bob Fouts, who mostly watched the San Francisco 49ers games . Dan was also a ball boy in the 49ers when he was a kid. Fouts first attended Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield , California for two years and later moved to St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco for his final two years of high school.
college
He played college football from 1970 to 1972 at the University of Oregon , where he set 19 school records. Including the most yards thrown in a career of 5,995 that lasted 14 years and the most yards in a game that lasted until 1989. He was inducted into the University of Oregon Hall of Fame in 1992.
National Football League
Fouts was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 1973 NFL Draft . He led the Chargers, who were only third or fourth in their division from 1970 to 1978, from 1979 to 1982 in the play-offs . Twice (1980 and 1981) to the AFC Championship Game , which they both lost. In his first few seasons, the Chargers didn't play well with fouts as quarterback either, this only changed when Joe Gibbs was offense coordinator and v. a. when Don Coryell became Head Coach in 1978 . The Chargers launched an offense that lived on deep passes and made Don Coryell known as Air Coryell . So Fouts threw four times in a row (1979 to 1982) the most yards in an NFL season and ended his career with more than 40,000 yards. He was only the third player, after Johnny Unitas and Fran Tarkenton , to exceed this mark. His wide receivers Charlie Joiner and John Jefferson , as well as the tight end Kellen Winslow , became the first trio of an NFL team in 1980 to each catch passes for more than 1000 yards.
Fouts retired after 15 years in the NFL with 3,297 complete passes in 5604 attempts for 43,040 yards and 254 touchdowns , with 242 interceptions . He ran an additional 476 yards and 13 touchdowns. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993 and his number 14 shirt is no longer awarded by the San Diego Chargers.
After the football career
After serving in the NFL, Fouts began a career in television, commenting on football games. Over the years he worked for various broadcasters and their formats - u. a. also for ABC in Monday Night Football . In 1998 he played himself in the film Waterboy - The guy with the water damage and commented there with his colleague Brent Musburger on a fictional football game, the Bourbon Bowl .
Web links
- Dan Fouts website
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: Player Profile
- pro-football-reference.com: career statistics and further information
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bob Fouts - KSFO / 49ers Photograph - Circa 1958 ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Oregon Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 15, 2012
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| SURNAME | Fouts, Dan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fouts, Daniel Francis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California , United States |