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Bob Griese
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| Bob Griese | |
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 Bob Griese as featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated. |
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| Date of birth | February 3, 1945 (age 62) |
| Place of birth |  Evansville, Indiana |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| College | Purdue |
| NFL Draft | 1967 / Round 1/ Pick 4 |
| Career Highlights | |
| Pro Bowls | AFL All-Star 1967, 1968 NFL Pro Bowl 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978 |
| Awards | 1977 Bert Bell Award |
| Honors | Miami Dolphins Honor Roll |
| Retired #s | Miami Dolphins #12 |
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| Team(s) | |
| 1967-69 1970-80 |
AFL Miami Dolphins NFL Miami Dolphins |
| College Hall of Fame | |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1990 | |
Robert Allen Griese (born February 3, 1945 in Evansville, Indiana) 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's talents eventually resulted in his induction to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990. He is a television commentator for college football on ABC-TV.
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Griese was a two-time All-American at Purdue and was the runner-up for the 1966 Heisman Trophy. Griese led Purdue to the 1966 Big Ten championship and the school's first appearance in the Rose Bowl, where they defeated USC 14-13.
Griese was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 1967 draft. Griese recorded 2,005 yards and 15 touchdowns in his rookie year in Miami.
An American Football League All-Star during his first two years, Griese went on to earn Pro Bowl honors in six more seasons. While he never put up huge numbers, his leadership played an important role in helping the Dolphins compete in three consecutive Super Bowls, winning the latter two contests.
In the 1970s, Griese led Miami to nine winning seasons. Griese was known for passing little in some games, leaving the game up to Miami's running game. In Super Bowl VII, Griese passed the ball only 11 times, completing 8, but had one touchdown after being injured earlier that season. In 1972, the 14-7 win against the Washington Redskins resulted in the only undefeated season in NFL history, known as the Perfect Season. And in Super Bowl VIII, Griese completed six of his seven passes, but Larry Csonka scored two times for Miami's second Super Bowl win, this time 24-7 against the Minnesota Vikings.
In Griese's 14 pro seasons, he threw for 25,092 yards and 192 touchdowns. Griese also rushed for 994 yards and seven scores. Griese was a six-time Dolphins' MVP and was All-Pro in 1971 and 1977. He played in two AFL All-Star games and six Pro Bowls.
His son, Brian Griese, played college football at Michigan and is now playing for the Chicago Bears. Griese cites watching Brian win the Rose Bowl as one of his greatest memories. They wrote a book together, Undefeated (ISBN 0-7852-7021-3), published in 2000 about life during their undefeated seasons and living through the death of Brian's mother and Bob's first wife, Judi' from breast cancer.
In 2006, Bob Griese was on Wheel of Fortune and on the Indiana Fantasy Television Tier One Game Show Press Your Luck.
His other son Robert Griese is an English teacher in the Fairfax County Public Schools system in Northern Virginia.
| Preceded by Dick Wood |
Miami Dolphins Starting Quarterbacks 1967-1979 |
Succeeded by David Woodley |
| Preceded by Bernie Allen |
Purdue Boilermakers Starting Quarterbacks 1964-1966 |
Succeeded by Mike Phipps |
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: Bob Griese
- Biography:Bob Griese
- Profile at Rosebowl Legends:Bob Griese
- College Football Hall of Fame:Bob Griese
| Miami Dolphins Starting Quarterbacks |
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| Wood • Bo. Griese • Strock • Woodley • Marino • Fiedler • Br. Griese • Feeley • Frerotte • Culpepper • Harrington • Lemon |
| Purdue Boilermakers quarterbacks |
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| Allen • Brees • Campbell • Danielson • Dawson • DeMoss • Dicken • Everett • Fitchner • George • Gorgal • Greise • Gutman • Harmeson • Herrmann • Hunter • Kiepert • Kirsch • Orton • Painter • Pardonner • Peele • Phipps • Piebes • Samuels • Stephens • Terrizzi • Trefzer • Vicanti • Vitali • Wellman |
Categories: 1945 births | American football families | American football quarterbacks | College Football Hall of Fame | Living people | Miami Dolphins (AFL) players | Miami Dolphins players | National Football League announcers | People from Evansville, Indiana | Pro Football Hall of Fame | Purdue Boilermakers football players