Y. A. Tittle
Tittle c. 1960
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 24, 1926 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Marshall, Texas | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Marshall (TX) | ||||||||||||
| College: | LSU | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1948 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 | ||||||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 212–221 |
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| Passing yards: | 28,339 |
| Completion percentage: | 55.5 |
| Passer rating: | 73.6 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 33 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Yelberton Abraham Tittle Jr. (born October 24, 1926), better known as Y.A. Tittle, is a former professional American football quarterback. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, and Baltimore Colts, after spending two seasons with the Colts in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Known for his competitiveness, leadership, and striking profile, Tittle was the centerpiece of several prolific offenses throughout his seventeen-year professional career from 1948 to 1964.
Tittle played college football for Louisiana State University, where he was a two-time All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) quarterback for the LSU Tigers football team. As a junior, he was named the most valuable player (MVP) of the infamous 1947 Cotton Bowl Classic—also known as the "Ice Bowl"—a scoreless tie between the Tigers and Arkansas Razorbacks in a snowstorm. After college, he was drafted in the 1947 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions, but he instead chose to play in the AAFC for the Colts.
With the Colts, Tittle was named the AAFC Rookie of the Year in 1948 after leading the team to the AAFC playoffs. After back-to-back one-win seasons, the Colts franchise folded, which allowed Tittle to be drafted in the 1951 NFL Draft by the 49ers. Through ten seasons in San Francisco, he was invited to four Pro Bowls, led the league in touchdown passes in 1955, and was named the NFL Player of the Year by the United Press in 1957. A groundbreaker, Tittle was part of the 49ers' famed "Million Dollar Backfield", was the first professional football player featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and is credited with coining "alley-oop" as a sports term.
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