John Huarte
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| Position: | Quarterback |
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| Date of birth: | April 6, 1944 |
| Place of birth: | Anaheim, California |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
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| High school: | Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei |
| College: | Notre Dame |
| NFL Draft: | 1965 / Round: 6 / Pick: 76 |
| AFL draft: | 1965 / Round: 2 / Pick: 12 |
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John Gregory Huarte (born April 6, 1944) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and won the Heisman Trophy in 1964. He then played professionally with a number of teams in the American Football League (AFL), the National Football League (NFL), and the World Football League (WFL) between 1965 and 1975. Huarte was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
Born and raised in Orange County, California, Huarte's father Joseph was a former minor league baseball player of Basque descent. The family ran an orange and avocado ranch and he graduated from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana in 1961.
Huarte played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. During his sophomore and junior seasons, he averaged only a few minutes per game due to injuries and the Irish went 5–5 and 2–7, respectively. As a senior, however, he became the starting quarterback as the Irish won all but one game during the 1964 season, in which he was selected as an All-American and won the Heisman Trophy. By the end of the season, Huarte threw for 2,062 yards with only 205 passes, an average of over ten yards per pass attempt, many to receiver Jack Snow.
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