Earl Morrall
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey numbers: 11, 10, 14, 15 |
| born on May 17, 1934 in Muskegon , Michigan | |
| died on April 25, 2014 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida | |
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| Active : 1956 - 1976 | |
| NFL Draft : 1956 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 | |
| College : Michigan State | |
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| Touchdowns - interceptions | 161-148 |
| Thrown yards | 20,809 |
| Pass attempts | 2,689 |
| Passes arrived | 1,379 |
| Quarterback rating | 74.1 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Earl Edwin Morrall (* 17th May 1934 in Muskegon , Michigan ; † 25. April 2014 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida ) was an American American football poker players at the position of quarterback . He played 21 years in the National Football League (NFL) and played for the injured Johnny Unitas in two Super Bowls for the Baltimore Colts . After losing in Super Bowl III , he won Super Bowl V with the Colts and as a backup Super Bowls VII and VIII with the Miami Dolphins .
Career
Morrall played college football at Michigan State University and led the Spartans to a 17-14 win over the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1956 Rose Bowl .
He replaced Johnny Unitas, who was injured before the 1968 season, and played so well that he remained the starting quarterback even after his recovery . The Colts won 13 games in the season with just one loss. In the NFL title game they won against the Cleveland Browns 34-0. The Colts lost Super Bowl III to Joe Namath and the New York Jets 7:16 - the Colts only scored the touchdown after Unitas came on as a substitute at 16: 0 for the Jets towards the end of the game.
Two years into the 1970 season , Unitas was the starter again, but Morrall replaced him in two games that season. Unitas injured himself at 6:13 in Super Bowl V for the Dallas Cowboys and Morrall led the Colts to a 16:13 win.
Morall won with the Miami Dolphins, as a backup of Bob Griese , the Super Bowls VII and VII. In the perfect season of the Dolphins in 1972, he played for the injured Griese in eleven of the 17 season games.
Morrall died on April 25, 2014 as a result of Parkinson's disease , as was initially believed. After a brain autopsy, his family later announced that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy and had reached the most severe level IV.
Individual evidence
- ^ Former All-American Earl Morrall Passes Away At Age 79. Morrall was a member of the 1954 and 1956 Rose Bowl-winning teams. In: msuspartans.com. Michigan State Official Athletic Site, April 25, 2014, accessed June 5, 2014 : “Morrall concluded his MSU stint in the top spot in passing yards (2,015) and pass completion percentage, and closed his Spartan career with a win in the 1956 Rose Bowl over UCLA. "
- ^ A b Jens Plassmann: NFL American Football . Reinbek 1995, ISBN 3 499 19445 7 , pp. 65-66
- ^ A b Matt Schudel: Earl Morrall, backup quarterback who led two NFL teams to the Super Bowl, this at 79. In: washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post, April 27, 2014, accessed June 5, 2014 : “Mr. Morrall redeemed himself two years later when he stepped in for an injured Unitas in Super Bowl V and engineered a 16-13 come-from-behind victory for the Colts over the Dallas Cowboys. "
- ↑ John Branch: Ken Stabler, a Magnetic NFL Star, Was Sapped of Spirit by CTE New York Times, February 3, 2016, accessed February 5, 2016 : "On Wednesday, the family of another Super Bowl quarterback, Earl Morrall, told The New York Times that Morrall was found to have Stage 4 CTE after his death in 2014 at age 79. "
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| SURNAME | Morrall, Earl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morrall, Earl Edwin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muskegon , Michigan , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 2014 |
| Place of death | Fort Lauderdale , Florida , United States |