Joe Theismann
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey number (s): 7 |
| born on September 9, 1949 in New Brunswick , New Jersey | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1971 - 1985 | |
| NFL Draft : 1971 / Round: 4 / Pick: 99 | |
| College : University of Notre Dame | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games in the NFL | 167 |
| TD - INT | 160-138 |
| Thrown yards | 25.206 |
| QB rating | 77.4 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Joseph Robert "Joe" Theismann (* 9. September 1949 in New Brunswick , New Jersey ) is a former American American football poker players at the position of quarterback . He played for the Washington Redskins in the National Football League (NFL).
Youth and college
Theismann comes from Austro-Hungarian parents and played at the Catholic University of Notre Dame , with which he won the Cotton Bowl in 1971 . Theismann was All-American and Academic All-America, as well as second in the Heisman Trophy behind Jim Plunkett .
NFL
Theismann was by the Miami Dolphins in the NFL Draft selected in 1971, and the major league baseball team Minnesota Twins in the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft, but then signed with the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
In 1974 he moved to the Washington Redskins , where he played since 1978 as a starting quarterback . Theismann led the Redskins, trained by Head Coach Joe Gibbs , to victory in Super Bowl XVII against the Miami Dolphins (final score: 27:17), whereupon he was appointed "Minister of Attack" by President Reagan. The title defense in Super Bowl XVIII failed. Theismann set some internal Redskins records, became Most Valuable Player in 1983 and Pro Bowl MVP in his second Pro Bowl . As the last quarterback, he carried a single pole instead of the usual helmet grille for better visibility.
On November 18, 1985, Theismann suffered what is arguably the worst injury in NFL history, broadcast live on a Monday night football game . The New York Giants - linebacker Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson made in a flash one quarterback sack , the three players collided and fell locked together on the floor. Taylor immediately jumped up and waved in panic, which some initially misunderstood as a dance of joy. In the slow-motion repetition - from a different angle - it was then possible to see that Theismann's right leg had been pinched in such a way that the shin and fibula were kinked with an open splinter fracture in the middle. This has been voted "The NFL's Most Shocking Moment in History" and dubbed "The Hit That No One Who Saw It Can Ever Forget" by The Washington Post .
The Monday-night football reporter Frank Gifford , OJ Simpson and Joe Namath recognized immediately that Taylor, nicknamed L. T. one of the best defenders of all time who called paramedics. LT says that he never wants to watch a recording of it, while Theismann reports that he felt no pain.
The career of the then 36-year-old Theismann was over, he then worked as a television presenter. In 1982 he received the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award and the Bert Bell Award .
The injury and the resulting changes for the game American football form the basis for the film Blind Side .
Web links
- Joe Theismann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- CFL profile of Joe Theismann
- Joe Theismann's restaurant
- Article on Theismann's injuries , Washington Times
Individual evidence
- ^ Joe Theismann Sounds Off . In: Washingtonian . Retrieved December 26, 2008.
- ^ Baseball Draft: 39th Round of the 1971 June Draft . In: Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved December 27, 2008.
- ^ The Hit That Changed a Career , Washington Post . November 18, 2005. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
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| SURNAME | Theismann, Joe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Theismann, Joseph Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Brunswick , New Jersey USA |