| Larry Wilson | |
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| Position(s): Free safety | Jersey #(s): 8 |
| Born: May 24, 1938 Rigby, Idaho | |
| Career Information | |
| Year(s): 1960–1972 | |
| NFL Draft: 1960 / Round: 7 / Pick: 74 | |
| College: Utah | |
| Professional Teams | |
| Career Stats | |
| INT | 52 |
| INT yards | 800 |
| Touchdowns | 5 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Career Highlights and Awards | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
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Wilson attended Rigby High School, where a plaque now hangs noting his accomplishments. After high school Wilson played college football at the University of Utah, where he was a two-way starter. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies The University of Utah (referred to locally as ' The U' or ' the U of U') is a publicly funded Research university in Salt Lake
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NFL career
Despite his skill and adaptability, Wilson was not drafted until the 7th round of the 1960 NFL Draft by the St. The 1960 National Football League Draft Annual Player Selection Meeting in which NFL teams take turns selecting amateur college American football Louis Cardinals. After originally playing as a cornerback, Wilson switched to free safety, and it was here that he found his place on the team. A cornerback ( CB) (also referred to as a corner) is a positional role played by a member of the defensive team in American and Canadian
Not long after Wilson made the team, defensive coordinator Chuck Drulis crafted a play that called for the free safety to take part in a blitz. In American football or Canadian football, a blitz or red dog is a team defensive maneuver in which one or more Linebackers or Defensive The play was code-named "Wildcat", after Wilson's nickname. When the Cardinals first ran the safety blitz, the pressure was severe since most teams didn't (and still don't) expect a defensive back to take part in a pass rush.
Wilson eventually made All-Pro honors six times in his career. Wilson represented the Cardinals on eight Pro Bowl teams. In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL During the 1966 NFL season, Wilson had at least one interception in seven consecutive games, en route to a 10-pick season that led his league. The 1966 NFL season was the 47th Regular season of the National Football League, and the season after which was played Super Bowl I, though it was Jerry Kramer, a guard for the Green Bay Packers and author of Instant Replay, called Wilson "the finest football player in the NFL. Gerald Louis "Jerry" Kramer (born January 23, 1936, in Jordan Montana) is a former professional football player author and sports The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. " Kramer described Wilson's play during an October 30, 1967 game, ". . . he fired up their whole team . . . (h)is enthusiasm was infectious. "[1] Wilson is renowned for not only playing, but intercepting a pass, with casts on both hands due to broken wrists. On the September 18, 2006 edition of SportsCenter, Mike Ditka challenged Terrell Owens' toughness by not playing for 2-4 weeks due to a broken finger. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. SportsCenter is a daily Sports news Television show and the flagship program of American Cable network ESPN since the network Michael Keller Ditka Jr (born October 18, 1939, in Carnegie Pennsylvania) also known as Iron Mike Ditka or Da Coach, is a former Terrell Eldorado Owens (ˈtɛɹl̩ (born December 7, 1973) is an American football Wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the He citied Wilson's interception with casts on both hands as proof of a tougher football player. He ended his career with 52 career picks for 800 yards and five touchdowns. A touchdown is the primary method of scoring in American and Canadian football.
Wilson served as the Cardinals' interim head coach in 1979 after the disimissal of Bud Wilkinson, and was the franchise's general manager from 1980 through 1993. Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson was a Hall of Fame American football coach for the University of Oklahoma. General Manager or GM for short is a descriptive term for certain executives in a Business operation
Honors
Wilson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL In 1999, he was ranked number 43 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, making him the highest-ranked player to have played a majority of his career with the Cardinal franchise. Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports The team has also retired his uniform number 8.
References
Notes
- ^ Kramer, J. (1968). Instant Replay: The Green Bay diary of Jerry Kramer. New York: The World Publishing Company, p. 173.
External links
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: Member profile
- Football cards
| Preceded by Bud Wilkinson | St. Louis Cardinals Head Coaches 1979 | Succeeded by Jim Hanifan |
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