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Chuck Fusina
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| Chuck Fusina | |
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 Chuck Fusina, Sports Illustrated, November 1978 |
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| Date of birth | May 31, 1957 |
| Place of birth |  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| College | Penn State |
| NFL Draft | 1979 / Round 5/ Pick 133 |
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| 1979-1981 1983-1985 1986 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars Green Bay Packers |
Charles Anthony Fusina (born May 31, 1957 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), is a former professional American football quarterback. He played in both the National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League (USFL) and was an All-American and Maxwell Award winner at Penn State University in 1978.
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At 6'1" 195-lb., Fusina was a 5th round draft pick (#133 overall) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1979 NFL Draft. He spent his first three professional seasons as back-up to Doug Williams. In 1983, he left for the fledgling USFL. Fusina signed with the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars where he blossomed under coach Jim Mora. In his three seasons with the team, he passed for over 10,000 yards and led all-USFL quarterbacks with 66 touchdowns and a QB rating of 88.6 and led the Stars to back-to-back USFL titles in 1984 and 1985. He was named MVP of the 1984 USFL Championship Game. When the league folded following the 1985 season, Fusina returned to the NFL for one season with the Green Bay Packers.
Fusina capped an outstanding career at Penn State by winning the 1978 Maxwell Award, All-America honors and finishing runner-up in the 1978 Heisman Trophy balloting. He led the Nittany Lions to a 29-3 mark as a starter, including an 11-0 regular season in 1978. He passed for 1,859 yards and 11 touchdowns.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Penn State in 1979. He also earned an MBA from La Salle University in 1988.
| Preceded by Ross Browner |
Maxwell Award Winner 1978 |
Succeeded by Charles White |
Fusina played quarterback for the Pittsburgh area Sto-Rox High School in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, where his old football jersey is on display outside of the gymnasium.
Fusina has been an instructor at the Purcell Quarterback School in Charlotte, North Carolina. He and his wife, Jacquelyn, and their one daughter Shannon and one son, Matt, currently live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he works in pharmaceutical sales. Chuck is also the godfather of his recently adopted son, Spencer Wheeler.
- All-Time USFL Team
- Steve Dimitry's USFL page
- "Packers Sign Fusina" The New York Times, October 2, 1986.
Categories: 1957 births | American football quarterbacks | Green Bay Packers players | Italian-American sportspeople | Living people | Maxwell Award winners | Penn State Nittany Lions football players | Penn State University alumni | Sportspeople from Pittsburgh | Tampa Bay Buccaneers players | United States Football League players