sport.wikisort.org - AthleteJoseph Auer (October 11, 1941 – March 9, 2019) was an American football former running back.[2] He graduated from Coral Gables Senior High School in Coral Gables, Florida and played collegiately for Georgia Tech and professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills (1964–1965), and the Miami Dolphins (1966–1967). He also played in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons.
American football player (1941–2019)
American football player
Joe Auer|
Position: | Running back |
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Born: | (1941-10-11)October 11, 1941 Trenton, New Jersey |
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Died: | March 9, 2019(2019-03-09) (aged 77) Winter Park, Florida |
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College: | Georgia Tech |
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NFL Draft: | 1963 / Round: 5 / Pick: 57 (by the Los Angeles Rams)[1] |
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AFL Draft: | 1963 / Round: 15 / Pick: 120 |
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- Buffalo Bills (1964–1965)
- Miami Dolphins (1966–1967)
- Atlanta Falcons (1968)
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- First touchdown scored by Dolphins
- Dolphins team MVP, 1966
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Rushing attempts–yards: | 234–773 |
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Receptions–yards: | 51–647 |
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Touchdowns: | 15 |
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
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He is most remembered for returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown for the Dolphins in their first regular-season football game in 1966, 95 yards against the Oakland Raiders.[3] Subsequently, he was the Dolphins' Most Valuable Player.
Sports career
Auer is best known as a professional American football player. He played college football at Georgia Tech, where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering and also held a Gator Bowl record (44 years) for his 68 yard touchdown run from scrimmage. Later to be broken by Leon Washington in 2005 on his 69 yard run. [4] He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs and after a productive preseason got traded to the Buffalo Bills for a first-round draft pick, where he played for two years as a running back on their 1964 and 1965 championship team. When the brand new Miami Dolphins found that their running game was ineffective after their first two exhibition games, they acquired Auer off of waivers from the Los Angeles Rams.[5] He played for the Miami Dolphins before ending his career in the National Football League with the Atlanta Falcons.[6] Auer is most famous for taking the opening kickoff in the Miami Dolphins' first-ever game in 1966 and returning it 95 yards for a touchdown in front of 26,000 fans including Steve Siegert, Les Clements and Ware Cornell. He went on to be the Dolphins’ leading scorer that year; not surprisingly, he became the Dolphins' first MVP.[4]
After retiring from football, Auer founded RaceCar Engineering, a company that built high-quality race cars, some of which set track records and won championships for the company's customers. He then began Competitive Edge Motorsports, racing both the Busch and Nextel Cup Series in NASCAR between 2004 and 2006.[7]
See also
- Other American Football League players
References
- "1963 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "Joe Auer dies at 77, scored first touchdown in Dolphins history". 11 March 2019.
- 100 Things Dolphins Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Armando Salguero, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2020, ISBN 978-1-62937-722-3, p.19
- "South Florida Sports Paradise: Ghosts of the Orange Bowl: Joe Auer". 9 August 2009.
- "Joe Auer Joins Dolphins". Fort Lauderdale News. August 18, 1966. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
- "Joe Auer Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- "Driver Track Stats".
External links
- Joe Auer owner statistics at Racing-Reference
Kansas City Chiefs 1963 AFL draft selections |
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- Buck Buchanan
- Ed Budde
- Walt Rock
- Don Brumm
- Daryl Sanders
- John Campbell
- George Saimes
- Bobby Bell
- John Sklopan
- Jan Barrett
- Curt Farrier
- Lindy Infante
- Jerrel Wilson
- Dennis Ward
- Stone Johnson
- Jim Pilot
- Joe Auer
- Mel Profit
- Billy Moore
- Bill Freeman
- Bruce Starling
- Lowell Vaught
- Ernie Borghetti
- John Maczuzak
- Dave Adams
- Dave Hill
- John Hughes
- Tumley Todd
- Billy Clay
- Gordon Scarborough
- John Sisk
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Buffalo Bills 1964 AFL champions |
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- 3 Pete Gogolak
- 12 Daryle Lamonica
- 15 Jack Kemp
- 20 Bobby Smith
- 22 Charley Warner
- 23 Gene Sykes
- 24 Booker Edgerson
- 25 Ollie Dobbins
- 26 George Saimes
- 30 Wray Carlton
- 34 Cookie Gilchrist
- 40 Ed Rutkowski
- 42 Butch Byrd
- 43 Joe Auer
- 44 Elbert Dubenion
- 45 Hagood Clarke
- 46 Ray Abruzzese
- 47 Willie Ross
- 50 Al Bemiller
- 51 John Tracey
- 53 Walt Cudzik
- 55 Paul Maguire
- 58 Mike Stratton
- 60 Dave Behrman
- 64 Harry Jacobs
- 66 Billy Shaw
- 67 Joe O'Donnell
- 70 Tom Sestak
- 72 Ron McDole
- 73 George Flint
- 74 Tom Keating
- 75 Dudley Meredith
- 77 Stew Barber
- 78 Jim Dunaway
- 79 Dick Hudson
- 81 Bill Groman
- 83 Hatch Rosdahl
- 84 Ernie Warlick
- 85 Glenn Bass
- 88 Tom Day
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- Assistant Coaches: Joe Collier
- John Mazur
- Jerry Smith
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Buffalo Bills 1965 AFL champions |
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- 3 Pete Gogolak
- 12 Daryle Lamonica
- 15 Jack Kemp
- 20 Bobby Smith
- 22 Charley Warner
- 23 Gene Sykes
- 24 Booker Edgerson
- 26 George Saimes
- 27 Tom Janik
- 30 Wray Carlton
- 32 Donnie Stone
- 33 Billy Joe
- 40 Ed Rutkowski
- 42 Butch Byrd
- 43 Joe Auer
- 44 Elbert Dubenion
- 45 Hagood Clarke
- 46 Bo Roberson
- 48 Pete Mills
- 49 Floyd Hudlow
- 50 Al Bemiller
- 51 John Tracey
- 52 Bill Laskey
- 55 Paul Maguire
- 56 Marty Schottenheimer
- 58 Mike Stratton
- 60 Dave Behrman
- 64 Harry Jacobs
- 66 Billy Shaw
- 67 Joe O'Donnell
- 70 Tom Sestak
- 72 Ron McDole
- 73 George Flint
- 74 Tom Keating
- 75 Dudley Meredith
- 76 Henry Schmidt
- 77 Stew Barber
- 78 Jim Dunaway
- 79 Dick Hudson
- 80 Charley Ferguson
- 81 Bill Groman
- 82 Paul Costa
- 84 Ernie Warlick
- 85 Glenn Bass
- 88 Tom Day
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- Assistant Coaches: Joe Collier
- John Mazur
- Jerry Smith
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Miami Dolphins 1966 inaugural season roster |
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- 2 Cookie Gilchrist
- 10 George Wilson
- 11 Rick Norton
- 15 John Stofa
- 18 Dick Wood
- 21 Gene Mingo
- 22 Willie West
- 23 Wes Matthews
- 24 Billy Hunter
- 25 Dick Westmoreland
- 26 Frank Jackson
- 28 George Chesser
- 30 Sammy Price
- 32 Joe Auer
- 33 Billy Joe
- 35 Rick Casares
- 35 Stan Mitchell
- 40 Bo Roberson
- 43 Bob Neff
- 44 Pete Jaquess
- 46 Hal Wantland
- 47 John McGeever
- 48 Bob Petrella
- 49 Jimmy Warren
- 50 Frank Emanuel
- 52 Mike Hudock
- 53 Tom Erlandson
- 54 Wahoo McDaniel
- 55 Jack Rudolph
- 56 Bob Bruggers
- 58 Tom Goode
- 59 Jack Thornton
- 61 Ernie Park
- 63 Billy Neighbors
- 65 Jim Higgins
- 72 Whit Canale
- 73 Norm Evans
- 75 Ken Rice
- 76 Tom Nomina
- 77 Rich Zecher
- 78 Maxie Williams
- 79 Alphonse Dotson
- 80 Ed Cooke
- 81 Howard Twilley
- 82 Doug Moreau
- 83 Dave Kocourek
- 84 Earl Faison
- 85 Johnny Holmes
- 86 Mel Branch
- 87 John Roderick
- 88 LaVerne Torczon
- 89 Karl Noonan
- 90 Bill Cronin
Head coach: George Wilson
Assistant coaches: Bobby Walston
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Los Angeles Rams 1963 NFL Draft selections |
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- Terry Baker
- Rufus Guthie
- Tom Nomina
- Dave Costa
- Johnny Baker
- John Griffin
- Joe Auer
- Roland Benson
- Don Chuy
- George Saimes
- Terry Monaghan
- Bill Zorn
- Anton Peters
- Mel Profit
- Curt Farrier
- Dave Theisen
- Billy Moody
- Al Hildebrand
- Alan Abruse
- Larry Campbell
- Walter Burden
- Jerrel Wilson
- Buddy Soefker
- Dornel Nelson
- Bill Redell
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