Dave Manders
| Dave Manders | |
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Position (s): Center |
Jersey number (s): 51 |
| born February 20, 1941 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1962 - 1974 | |
| Undrafted in 1962 | |
| College : Michigan State University | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 139 |
| as a starter | 73 |
| Fumble secured | 2 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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David Francis "Dave" Manders (born February 20, 1941 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA ) Nickname : Dog is a former American American football player. He played as a center in the National Football League (NFL) with the Dallas Cowboys .
youth
Dave Manders is the nephew of former NFL players Jack and Pug Manders . He grew up in his hometown, but attended Kingsford High School in Kingsford , Michigan after his parents moved . At school he played American football and was also active as a shot putter.
Player career
College career
From 1959 Dave Manders studied at Michigan State University and played there for the Michigan State Spartans Football , where he appeared on the field together with the later NFL players Wayne Fontes , Herb Adderley and Fred Arbanas . The Spartans used Manders both in defense as a linebacker and in offense as a center. Although Dave Manders suffered from numerous injuries in his last two game years, he was still voted All-American due to his athletic performance in his last game year .
Professional career
Dave Manders' professional career began hesitantly. In 1962 he briefly joined the Dallas Cowboys , trained by Tom Landry , but returned to his old college after a training camp with the team in Michigan to complete an engineering degree. At the same time as his studies he played as a semi-professional for the Toledo Tornadoes , which were based in the United Football League . After completing his studies, he worked for General Mills at short notice , but asked the Vice President of the Dallas Cowboys Gil Brandt again about another trial training. Manders received a professional contract for the 1964 season after a convincing training performance. After his rookie year he succeeded in displacing Mike Connelly as a starter from the position of the center. In addition to the ball delivery to the quarterback of the Cowboys Don Meredith , he had the task of their own running backs its way into the opposing end zone to free block .
In the next few years Tom Landry and the general manager of the Cowboys Tex Schramm managed to strengthen the team with more players. With the signing of John Niland and Ralph Neely , Manders received support in the offensive line .
Due to a knee injury, David Manders had to suspend the 1967 season and was only used as a substitute for the next two years. In the 1970 game year he was able to regain his regular position and henceforth acted as the center for the two quarterbacks Craig Morton and Roger Staubach . In the same game year, the team from Texas won ten of 14 games in the regular season . Manders then moved into the play-offs with his team . After a 5-0 win over the Detroit Lions , he and his team won the NFC championship with a 17:10 win over the San Francisco 49ers . Manders, however, failed with the Cowboys in Super Bowl V at the Baltimore Colts , which were looked after by Don McCafferty , with 16:13.
In 1971 Dave Manders 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, his team, led by quarterback Roger Staubach, managed a 24: 3 win in Super Bowl VI against the Miami Dolphins, trained by Don Shula . With the help of Manders, Staubach managed two touchdown passes to tight end Mike Ditka and wide receiver Lance Alworth , Duane Thomas was able to gain 95 yards with a running game . He carried a ball into the Dolphins' end zone.
Dave Manders played with the Cowboys until 1974 . Before the game round in 1975 , he ended his career.
After the career
Dave Manders settled in McKinney , Texas and became a successful businessman. From 1988 he ran his own horticultural company.
Honors
Dave Manders played once in the Pro Bowl and was inducted into the Upper Penninsula Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Origin of Dave Manders
- ^ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1970
- ↑ Statistics play-off game Dallas Cowboys vs. Detroit Lions 1970
- ↑ Statistics NFC final 1970
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl V
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1971
- ↑ Statistics NFC final 1971
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl VI
- ^ Dave Manders' company
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Manders, Dave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Manders, David Francis; Dog (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA |