Greg Landry
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 18, 1946 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Nashua, New Hampshire | ||||||||
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| College: | UMass | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1968 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11 | ||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 98–103 |
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| Yards: | 16,052 |
| Passer rating: | 72.9 |
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Gregory Paul Landry (born December 18, 1946) is a former American football player and coach who played quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1981, and again in 1984. He played for the Detroit Lions, Baltimore Colts and Chicago Bears. He played college football at Massachusetts.
Landry was the first quarterback selected in the first round (11th overall) of the 1968 NFL Draft after a stellar career at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he was selected All-Yankee Conference for two seasons. In 1971, as a member of the Lions, he passed for 2,237 yards and 16 touchdowns and was named to his only Pro Bowl that year.
In 1976, he passed for 2,191 yards and 17 touchdowns and was named the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year.
After setting a couple of passing records with the Lions, he moved on to play for the Baltimore Colts for three seasons where in 1979, as a member of the Colts, he played brilliantly despite a 5–11 record after a season-ending injury to starting quarterback Bert Jones. He passed for a career best 2,932 yards and 15 touchdowns that season. He then played for George Allen on the Chicago Blitz and Arizona Wranglers in the United States Football League (USFL) in 1983 and 1984. He then played one season with the Chicago Bears before retiring as a player in 1984.
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