Mike McCormack (American football player)
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Positions: Offensive Tackle , Nose Tackle |
Jersey numbers: 71, 74 |
| born June 21, 1930 in Chicago , Illinois | |
| died on November 15, 2013 in Palm Desert , California | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1951 - 1962 | |
| NFL Draft : 1951 / Round: 3 / Pick: 34 | |
| College : Kansas | |
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| Games | 119 |
| Fumbles secured | 7th |
| Interceptions | 1 |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Michael "Mike" Joseph McCormack (born June 21, 1930 in Chicago , Illinois , † November 15, 2013 in Palm Desert , California ) was an American American football player and coach . He played as an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Yanks and the Cleveland Browns .
Player career
College career
Mike McCormack studied at the University of Kansas from 1948 to 1950 . He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks and was used on the offensive line and on the defensive line . His college recognized him for all three years of study for his athletic performance.
Professional career
1951 McCormack was from the New York Yanks in the third round 34th drafted . His rookie year with the Yanks was unsuccessful for McCormack. His team won only one of twelve games. Immediately after the season he was drafted into military service by the US Army . It was not until 1954 that McCormack intervened again in the game of the NFL. The Yanks had meanwhile stopped playing, the rights to McCormack were held by the Baltimore Colts , who gave up ten players, including Don Shula and McCormack, before the season . The Cleveland Browns were looking for a successor to Bill Willis , who had ended his career after the 1953 season. Paul Brown , coach of the Browns, installed McCormack in 1954 in the orphaned position of Willis as a nose tackle (middle guard).
The Browns were a top team in the NFL in the 1950s. Numerous all-star players such as Otto Graham , Dante Lavelli , Len Ford , Frank Gatski and Lou Groza appeared for the team. In his first year, McCormack was able to win the NFL title with the Browns. The Browns defeated the Detroit Lions 56:10 in the championship game .
In the following game year McCormack moved to the position of an offensive tackle and was henceforth responsible for the protection of quarterback Otto Graham. Also this year he won the championship. The Browns were successful with 38:14 in the final against the Los Angeles Rams . Together with Paul Brown, McCormack ended his playing career after the 1962 season.
Coaching career
From 1965 McCormack worked as an assistant coach with the Washington Redskins . In 1971 and 1972 he was able to move into the play-offs with the team . In 1971 the team failed prematurely, in 1972 the team was able to move into the NFC Championship Game against the Dallas Cowboys . The team from Dallas, trained by Tom Landry , lost to the Redskins with 26: 3. The victory meant moving into Super Bowl VII , where the Redskins were defeated by the Miami Dolphins with 14: 7.
From 1973 to 1975 McCormack was Head Coach of the Philadelphia Eagles . With the team from Philadelphia he was unsuccessful. In 1976 he was hired by his former coach Paul Brown as an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Bengals . Brown was the founder and owner of the team. He couldn't celebrate any success with the Bengals either. In 1980 McCormack took over the coaching position with the Baltimore Colts, but after the game round in 1981 he was dismissed. During the 1982 season he briefly took over the coaching position with the Seattle Seahawks . From 1982 to 1989 he served as the team's general manager . In 1993 McCormack returned to the newly formed Carolina Panthers in the same capacity in the NFL . The Panthers started playing in 1995. A year later his team failed in the NFC Championship Game with 30:13 at the Green Bay Packers . After the 1997 season, McCormack retired from football.
family
Mike McCormack was married with two children. He died of heart failure in 2013. His grave is not known.
Honors
Mike McCormack played six times in the Pro Bowl and was elected All-Pro nine times . He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame .
literature
- Roger Gordon: Cleveland Browns: A-Z. Sports Pub. LLC, Champaign 2000, ISBN 1-58261-240-4 .
Web links
- Short biography
- Short biography II (PDF; 29 kB)
- Mike McCormack with the Cleveland Browns
- Mike McCormack in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
- Coach statistics
- Obituary in the New York Times
- Obituary in The Washington Post
Individual evidence
- ^ Hall of Fame lineman Mike McCormack dies at 83 , accessed November 15, 2013
- ^ Hall of Famer Mike McCormack dies , accessed November 15, 2013
- ↑ College awards from Mike McCormack ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Browns 1954
- ↑ Statistics NFL final 1954
- ^ Annual statistics of the Browns 1955
- ^ Statistics NFL final 1955
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Redskins 1972
- ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1972
- ↑ Super Bowl VII statistics
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Carolina Panthers 1996
- ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1996
- ^ Mike McCormack in the Find a Grave database
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| SURNAME | McCormack, Mike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McCormack, Michael Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th November 2013 |
| Place of death | Palm Desert , California |