Ted Hendricks
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Position (s): Linebacker |
Jersey numbers: 83, 53 |
| born on November 1, 1947 in Guatemala City , Guatemala | |
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| Active : 1969 - 1983 | |
| NFL Draft : 1969 / Round: 2 / Pick: 33 | |
| College : University of Miami | |
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| Sacks | 60.5 |
| Interceptions | 26th |
| Touchdowns | 4th |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Theodore Paul "Ted" Hendricks (born November 1, 1947 in Guatemala City , Guatemala ), nickname : "Mad Stork" is a former American American football player in the National Football League (NFL). He played as a linebacker with the Baltimore Colts , the Green Bay Packers and the Oakland Raiders / Los Angeles Raiders. He won one Super Bowl with the Baltimore Colts and three with the Raiders. In 1990 he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame .
youth
Ted Hendricks was born in Guatemala. At that time, his father was working there for an airline. He spent his youth in Hialeh , Florida , where he also attended high school. At school he played football, baseball and basketball . After graduating from high school, he studied at the University of Miami .
Career
college
Hendricks studied physics and mathematics at the University of Miami from 1966 to 1968 . He also played for their football team , the Miami Hurricanes , as a defensive end . In 1966 he moved with his team in the Liberty Bowl , where they could defeat the team from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 14: 7. The following year his team lost in the Bluebonnet Bowl to the University of Colorado at Boulder team at 21:31. Hendricks was voted All-American for all three academic years . His college also honored him three times for his athletic achievements. With 327 tackles , he still leads the record list of his college as a defensive line player today (2013).
NFL
1969 Hendricks was selected by the Don Shula- trained Baltimore Colts in the second round of the NFL Draft as the 33rd player. The Colts used Hendricks as a linebacker in the team's defense . From the middle of his rookie season , he was starting his team. The following year he was able to win his first Super Bowl under the new coach of the Colts Don McCafferty . After the Colts had beaten the Oakland Raiders 27:17 in the AFC Championship Game , Hendricks had scored a sack against quarterback George Blanda , they moved into Super Bowl V against the Dallas Cowboys . The team of coach Tom Landry could be defeated in the game with 16:13. Ted Hendricks played with the Colts until 1973 and was then given over to the Green Bay Packers . Although Hendricks played a good season in 1974, he managed five interceptions , among other things , the Packers could not move into the play-offs . Hendricks signed after a season in Green Bay a contract with one of the top teams in the NFL, the Oakland Raiders supervised by John Madden , after an engagement in a newly founded competitive league of the NFL had not come about due to their bankruptcy .
In 1976 Hendricks won his second Super Bowl together with his new team. In the regular season , the Oakland team had won 13 out of 14 games. Opponents in the divisional play-off game were the New England Patriots , who could be defeated with 24:21. In the AFC Championship Game, the team met the Pittsburgh Steelers supervised by Chuck Noll . The team around Gene Upshaw , Ken Stabler and Ted Hendricks took revenge for the 10:16 defeat in the AFC Championship Game 1975 and won with 24: 7. Opponents in Super Bowl XI were the Minnesota Vikings , who had to admit defeat to the Oakland team at 14:32. In 1977 Hendricks could not defend the Super Bowl title with the Raiders. They faced the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game and left the field with a 17:20 defeat.
After the 1978 season , Tom Flores took over as coach of the Raiders. Although the team's coaches spoke out in favor of a dismissal of Hendricks after the 1979 season, Al Davis , the owner of the Raiders, stuck to him. Ted Hendricks had an excellent 1980 season. He intercepted three passes from the opposing quarterbacks and scored 8.5 sacks . After the season he celebrated his third Super Bowl victory. The team had won eleven of 16 games and thus moved into the wildcard game of the American Football Conference (AFC) against the Houston Oilers . The game ended 27-7 for the Raiders, who also won the subsequent Divisional Play-off game against the Cleveland Browns 14:12. In the AFC Championship Game, the Raiders met the San Diego Chargers and were able to hold their own in the game with 34:27. Dick Vermeil was then the opponent of the Raiders in Super Bowl XV with his Philadelphia Eagles . The Raiders prevailed in the game with 27:10.
In 1982 the Raiders moved to Los Angeles . The team won twelve of sixteen games in 1983 and reached after a 30:14 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the AFC Championship Game for the repeated time the Super Bowl, where it met the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII . Joe Gibbs had no chance with his team in the game and lost clearly against the Raiders with 9:38. After 215 games in the NFL, Hendricks ended his career this season.
He now works on the electoral committee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame .
Honors
Ted Hendricks played eight times in the Pro Bowl and was voted All-Pro nine times . Hendricks is a member of the NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team , the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team , the College Football Hall of Fame , the Pro Football Hall of Fame , the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame, and California Sports Hall of Fame and the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame , as well as the Florida Sports Hall of Fame. In 1999, The Sporting News magazine named him 64th on the list of the Top 100 Football Players of All Time. The NFL television company ranks him 82nd on their list. Ted Hendricks is honored at the Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor .
Web links
- Ted Hendricks website
- Ted Hendricks in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
- Hendricks with the Raiders
- Interview with Hendricks
- Short biography ( Memento from June 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- Short biography II ( Memento from June 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Ted Hendricks in the California Sports Hall of Fame
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ted Hendricks ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ^ Annual statistics of the Colts 1970
- ↑ Statistics AFC Championship Game V
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl V
- ↑ Statistics AFC Divisional Play-Off Game Raiders vs. Patriots 1976
- ↑ Statistics AFC Championship Game 1976
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl XI
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Raiders 1977
- ↑ Statistics AFC Championship Game 1977
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Raiders 1980
- ↑ Statistics AFC Wildcard Game Oilers vs. Raider 1980
- ↑ Statistics AFC Divisional Play-Off Game Raiders vs. Browns 1980
- ↑ Statistics AFC Championship Game 1980
- ↑ Super Bowl XV statistics
- ^ Annual statistics of the Raiders 1983
- ↑ Statistics AFC Championship Game 1983
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl XVIII
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hendricks, Ted |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hendricks, Theodore Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guatemala City , Guatemala |