Jim McMahon
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey number (s): 9 |
| born on August 21, 1959 in Jersey City , New Jersey | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1982 - 1996 | |
| NFL Draft : 1982 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 | |
| College : Brigham Young | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Touchdowns - interceptions | 100-90 |
| Yards | 18,148 |
| Quarterback rating | 78.2 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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James Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr. (* 21st August 1959 in Jersey City , New Jersey ) is a former American American football poker players at the position of quarterback . He played 15 years for six teams in the National Football League (NFL) and won with the Chicago Bears as a starting quarterback the Super Bowl XX . With the Green Bay Packers he won another Super Bowl ( Super Bowl XXXI ) as a substitute eleven years later .
Career as a player
McMahon played at Brigham Young University under head coach LaVell Edwards College Football and led his team to victory in the Holiday Bowl in 1980 after being 20 points behind . He was selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round in 1982 as the fifth player in the NFL Draft . In the case of the Bears, he often went overboard. B. with alcohol consumption and advertising on his headband. In 1985 he led the Bears to a 15-1 record and a victory in Super Bowl XX . In 1986 he was fouled from behind by Charles Martin , in a game against the Green Bay Packers, after the pass throw and seriously injured his shoulder. From 1989 to 1994 he played for the San Diego Chargers , Philadelphia Eagles , Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals . In 1996 he became a substitute for the Green Bay Packers . He won Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers, but was not used in the game and only played briefly in five games throughout the season. After the Super Bowl victory, he ended his career. His rebel image, he was once more just, when he took part in receiving the Packers at the White House pointedly with his old Chicago jersey with the no. 9 to recall that in the season 1985, when the Chicago Bears to the Super Bowl won , the traditional reception of the winning team after the Challenger disaster (January 28, 1986) was canceled.
McMahon remained undefeated between October 21, 1984 and November 10, 1987 in 25 consecutive games (22 in the regular season and three in the play-offs ) as a starting quarterback . In those games that the Bears lost during this period, he either came off the bench (mostly due to injury) or did not play at all.
Health problems
In connection with the growing knowledge that a number of former NFL players suffer from diseases such as Alzheimer's disease , depression and other forms of dementia , presumably due to repeated concussions during their football career , and some have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy ( CTE ), also led Jim McMahon recalls some of the symptoms he suffers from, namely short-term amnesia and forgetfulness, on his football career: "My short-term memory seems to be hampered. Every once in a while I go through this period where I just don ' t remember things. Laurie (Navon, his girlfriend) has told me a lot of things that I don't remember doing. It's frustrating at times. " McMahon plans to donate his brain to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University for research purposes.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bob Carter: McMahon was a rebel without pause . ESPN Classic. 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ Erik Lambert: Former Chicago Bears Quarterback Owns An Unbreakable NFL Record. In: sportsmockery.com. Sports Mockery, July 7, 2015, accessed on August 16, 2015 (English): “In fact, from McMahon's last few starts in 1984 to his first few starts of '87, the product of Brigham Young (the school, not the man ) simply did not lose. In the process, McMahon won 25 straight starts, a feat that has never been matched by an NFL quarterback. "
- ↑ Jim McMahon: Career Gamelog , Pro Football Reference
- ↑ J Strain, Didehbani N, Cullum CM, Mansinghani S, Conover H, Kraut MA, Ghart J jr, Womack KB: Depressive symptoms and white matter dysfunction in retired NFL players with concussion history . In: Neurology . 81, 2013, pp. 25-32. PMID 23709590 .
- ↑ Sports Injuries : Hidden Trauma. In: www.dradiowissen.de. DRadio Wissen , February 4, 2013, archived from the original on December 30, 2013 ; accessed on December 30, 2013 .
- ↑ Alan Schwartz: Duerson's Brain Trauma Diagnosed. In: www.nytimes.com. New York Times , May 2, 2011, accessed January 3, 2014 .
- ^ A b Caroll Cole: Uncovering Concussions: How They`re Changing Our Brains and the Game. In: www.chicagohealthonline.com. Chicago Health , accessed December 31, 2013 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McMahon, Jim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McMahon, James Robert Jr. (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jersey City , New Jersey , United States |