Ken Stabler
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey numbers: 12, 16 |
| born December 25, 1945 in Foley , Alabama | |
| died on July 8, 2015 in Gulfport , Mississippi | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1970 - 1984 | |
| NFL Draft : 1968 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52 | |
| College : Alabama | |
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| Career statistics | |
| TD - INT | 194-222 |
| Yards | 27,938 |
| QB rating | 75.3 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
Kenneth "Ken" Michael Stabler (* 25. December 1945 in Foley , Alabama , † 8. July 2015 in Gulfport , Mississippi ) Nickname : Snake was a US American football poker players. He played quarterback for the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League (NFL).
Youth / college
Ken Stabler grew up in Foley and attended high school , where he played football, baseball and basketball . During his school days, he won 29 of 30 football games, which attracted the attention of college scouts . Signed by the legendary coach Bear Bryant of the Alabama Crimson Tide , the football team of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa , he played for three years with this team, whereby he received very little time in the first year. In 1966 and 1967 he was the regular quarterback. After a regular season without defeats, he and his team defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Orange Bowl in 1966 with 35:28. In 1967 the Alabama team beat the Cornhuskers in the Sugar Bowl again 34: 7. Stabler became the game's Most Valuable Player . Bryant later referred to Stabler as one of the best quarterbacks he had ever seen play. During his college days, Stabler ran 25 touchdowns or scored them by passing. 59.4% of his passports were caught.
Professional time
In the 1968 NFL Draft , Stabler was committed in the second round by the Raiders. The Raiders were then trained by John Madden . In 1968 he was used with the Spokane Shockers , a minor league team of the Continental Football League (COFL). He played two games for the Shocks, making 17 of 41 passes before being placed on the Raiders' Injured Reserve List . After the season he decided to quit playing football, but decided to change before the 1970 season. He asked Madden for a second chance, which Madden gave him.
From 1970 to 1972 he received little working time and was a substitute for Daryle Lamonica . In 1973 he prevailed over the older Lamonica, got more and more time and became a regular player. This year he failed with his Raiders in the AFC Championship Game at the Miami Dolphins under coach Don Shula with quarterback Bob Griese with 27:10. In the following two years the team lost against the Pittsburgh Steelers under coach Chuck Noll with quarterback Terry Bradshaw with 24:13 and 16:10. They just missed the Super Bowl .
1974 signed the Birmingham Americans from the newly formed World Football League Stabler. Due to his current contract, which also contained an option for 1975, the start of the contract was not until 1976. The main reason for the decision called Stabler the possibility to play in his home state Alabama. Financial incentives were secondary. However, the WFL gave up game operations after the 1975 season.
In 1976 she made her big breakthrough. In the Championship Game she defeated the Steelers 24: 7, in the subsequent Super Bowl XI the Minnesota Vikings under coach Bud Grant had to admit defeat to the long-time record holder of the pass yards , quarterback Fran Tarkenton with 32:14. Stabler scored a touchdown. In 1977 Madden's team succeeded again in the championship game, but the Denver Broncos (coach Red Miller , quarterback Craig Morton ) prevailed with 20:17.
In 1974 and 1976 Stabler scored 26 and 27 touchdowns by passes, respectively; that was each league best performance of all quarterbacks.
Due to numerous knee injuries, Stabler's agility and speed decreased more and more. He reduced his own running game and threw his passes mostly only from the cover of his offensive line . However, this negated Stabler's strengths. In 1980 the Raiders gave Stabler to the Houston Oilers . However, his statistics deteriorated noticeably. In 1982 he moved to the New Orleans Saints , where he should replace Archie Manning . However, he had no success with either the Oilers or the Saints. More games were regularly lost than won, and he was no longer able to reach the play-offs .
Honors
His college voted Stabler, nicknamed The Snake , quarterback of the century. Stabler played four times in the Pro Bowl , the final game of the best players of the season. In 1974 and 1976 he was elected MVP of the AFC by various media and received the Bert Bell Award in 1976 . Stabler was a member of the National Football League's 1970s All-Decade Team . In 2016, he was posthumously inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame .
After the career
The socially committed Ken Stabler worked as a television presenter at CBS . As a radio presenter , he later commented on the games at his previous college.
Stabler died on July 8, 2015 at the age of 69 of colon cancer, which was diagnosed in February. After his death, an autopsy of his brain was diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) level III, a long-term consequence of the concussions he had suffered in his football career. Ken Stabler found his final resting place in the town of his birth in the Pine Rest Cemetery .
literature
- 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 .
Web links
- Homepage of Ken Stabler
- Statistics for Ken Stabler
- Ken Stabler with the Oakland Raiders
- Ken Stabler in the Find a Grave database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Football world mourns Ken "The Snake" Stabler . In: ran.de , July 10, 2015, accessed on July 10, 2015.
- ^ The legend of Kenny Stabler. Accessed April 14, 2019 .
- ^ Stabler of Raiders Joins WFL for '76. Accessed April 14, 2019 .
- ^ Dieter Hoch, Stefan Thorben: From AFL to NFL Europe . ISBN 978-3-9811390-3-7 , pp. 194 .
- ↑ ken stabler among 8 nfl hof inductees ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) wtvm.com, accessed February 7, 2016
- ↑ ex-nfl player ken stabler had concussion disease cte (English) cnn.com, accessed on February 7, 2016
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stabler, Ken |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stabler, Kenneth Michael (full name); Snake, The (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Foley , Alabama , Alabama , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 2015 |
| Place of death | Gulfport , Mississippi , United States |