Bob Griese
Griese in 2011
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 3, 1945 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Evansville, Indiana | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Evansville (IN) Rex Mundi | ||||||||
| College: | Purdue | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 | ||||||||
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| Passing yards: | 25,092 |
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| TD–INT: | 192–172 |
| Passer rating: | 77.1 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Robert Allen Griese (pronounced /ˈɡriːsiː/ GREE-see; born February 3, 1945) is a former American football quarterback who earned All-American honors with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the American Football League's Miami Dolphins. Griese led the Dolphins to three consecutive Super Bowl appearances, including two Super Bowl victories (VII and VIII). Griese was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990. He later worked as a television commentator for college football on ESPN on ABC.
Griese was born in Evansville, Indiana to Ida (Ulrich) and Sylverious "Slick" Griese. Slick owned a plumbing company in Evansville and died in 1955 when Bob was ten years old. Bob played baseball primarily, and excelled as a pitcher. He also starred in basketball and football at Evansville's Rex Mundi High School. He earned 12 varsity letters for the Monarchs.
He led his American Legion baseball team to the American League Baseball World Series in the summer of 1963; Funkhouser Post #8 did not reach the finals, as the Arthur L. Peterson Post of Long Beach, California won the title.
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