Don Beebe
| Don Beebe | |
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Position (s): Wide Receiver |
Jersey number (s): 82 |
| born December 18, 1964 in Aurora , Illinois | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1989 - 1997 | |
| NFL Draft : 1989 / Round: 3 / Pick: 82 | |
| College : Chadron State College | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Touchdowns | 23 |
| Receiving yards | 3,416 |
| Captured passports | 219 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Don Lee Beebe (born December 18, 1964 in Aurora ) is a retired American football player who played for the Buffalo Bills , Carolina Panthers and the Green Bay Packers . He played the field position of the wide receiver .
After an unremarkable career in college football at the small Chadron State College , Beebe made headlines at the 1989 NFL Combine . He completed the 40-yard sprint in 4.38 seconds, making him one of the fastest players in the Combines, and was pulled in 82nd position by the Buffalo Bills in the subsequent NFL draft . At the bills, both in the dugout (head coach Marv Levy ) and on the field ( quarterback Jim Kelly , running back Thurman Thomas , wide receiver James Lofton and Andre Reed , defensive end Bruce Smith and others) with players from the Pro Football Hall of Fame was riddled, it usually played the role of a replacement receiver.
In the 1989 play-offs, Beebe involuntarily caused one of the most dangerous scenes of the season when he was hit by an opponent while attempting to catch in the air against Cleveland Browns, hit his head vertically on the ground and ricocheted like a pogo stick. Beebe survived the incident, later called "The Pogo Stick", with a severe bruise in the neck, but without permanent damage.
The Bills reached the Super Bowl four times in a row in the early 1990s. The tragedy was that Super Bowl XXV , Super Bowl XXVI , Super Bowl XXVII, and Super Bowl XXVIII were all lost. Beebe made a remarkable scene in Super Bowl XXVII. At 52:17 for the Dallas Cowboys , Bill's quarterback Frank Reich underwent a fumble that was picked up by Cowboys defensive tackle Leon Lett . Lett ran apparently unhindered towards the end zone, slowed his pace and waved the ball provocatively in front of him so that Beebe, who was charging from behind, could knock the ball out of his hand. The abandoned football spun out of the end zone, so instead of a touchdown, a touchback was given and the Bills got the ball back. This scene was voted one of the 25 greatest Super Bowl moments by ESPN . Beebe's work in a hopeless situation was often praised.
After a one-year interlude with the Carolina Panthers joined Beebe to the Green Bay Packers , where he on the side of quarterback Brett Favre and defensive end Reggie White to Super Bowl XXXI reached. After beating the New England Patriots 35:21 , Beebe finally won the title on the fifth attempt. A year later, Beebe was back in the final with the Packers: Beebe set a record with his sixth appearance in a Super Bowl, but the Super Bowl XXXII the Denver Broncos was lost. Beebe u. a. against his former Bills teammate Mike Lodish , who a year later would equalize his record of six Super Bowl games.
After his playing career, Beebe founded his own sports school.
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- ↑ PROFOOTBALL / WEEK 6: He's Making Beeline to Recognition: Bills: Buffalo wide receiver Don Beebe has caught NFL defensive backs off guard with both his speed and ability. , Los Angeles Times
- ↑ 4 Playoff Teams Out, Not Down , Chicago Tribune
- ↑ 100 Greatest Super Bowl Moments , ESPN
- ^ Together Again ( Memento from January 19, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), CNNSI.com
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| SURNAME | Beebe, Don |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beebe, Don Lee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th December 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aurora |