Y. A. Tittle

  • 7 × Pro Bowl selection (1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963)
  • 4 × All-Pro selection (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963) 1 2 team
  • 4 × NFL Most Valuable Player Award
  • Back number 14 locked at the Giants
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame (1971 )
  • Texas Sports Hall of Fame
  • Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame (1948 )
  • Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (1972 )
  • Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (1988 )
  • New York Giants Ring of Honor ( 2010)

Yelberton Abraham, "YA " Tittle (nickname: YAT ) ( born October 24, 1926 in Marshall, Texas ) is an American former American football player. He played quarterback for the Baltimore Colts ( AAFC ) in the AAFC, as well as for the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants in the NFL.

College

Tittle grew up in Marshall, where he attended the High School, where he was employed as a quarterback and because of its benefits noticed the Scouts of the college teams. As his hometown is near Louisiana, he took a scholarship at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, especially since he liked much better the campus of this university compared to the University of Texas at Austin. Tittle, Nickname: '' Y. AT '' played from 1944 to 1947 at the Louisiana State University Tigers and had his best year in 1946 when he won 9 of 10 games. Already during his studies showed the unusual tenacity and determination of the actually rather restrained Tittle. Though after a failed attempt to pass off his shoes and his belt buckle lost after a hard tackle and slid his pants down to his knees, he ran 50 yards up to the opponent's end zone. The game was lost anyway.

Professional time

Tittle was selected in the 1948 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round in 6th place. But Tittle accepted an offer of the Colts and played in the next two years in the All-America Football Conference. After the 1949 season, the Colts of the NFL joined, but had to after the season in 1950 due to financial problems stop their gaming operations. All players were sent to the Draft. Tittle was then selected in 1951 by the 49ers in the third position. For the team from California he played until 1960 1955 he was able to achieve 17 touchdowns -. Was Ligabestleistung this year. However, the 49ers could never move into an NFL Championship Game. After ten years, where he has been only spare man behind Frankie Albert in the first two years, Tittle was delivered to the New York Giants. Man held for Tittle too old and had committed in San Francisco a few years ago a young quarterback. However, the assessment of the team leading the 49ers should quickly prove to be incorrect. Tittle 1961 was included by the same coach Allie Sherman of the Giants in the game the team from New York City, where he had his best years. In 1962, he threw 33 touchdowns and 36 touchdowns in 1963, which meant each season best of all quarterbacks, and brought him in 1963 to the first place of the all-time best list. Tittle was the first quarterback in the league, which could bring in two rounds in succession more than 30 touchdown passes in each case at the man. 1962 Tittle also get seven touchdown passes in a game - this was an absolute NFL record.

While Tittle neither with the Colts, still with the team from San Francisco could ever reach a final, he succeeded in the 1961-1963 three consecutive times. The NFL Championship games were all but lost. 1961 and 1962 against the Green Bay Packers under Vince Lombardi with quarterback Bart Starr with 37:0 and 16:7 and 1963 against the Chicago Bears with Coach George Halas and quarterback Billy Wade with 14:10. Accelerated by a hard tackle the Tittle in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers had to suffer, he finished his career in 1964.

Tittle could never win a championship. He was 17 years professional and was able to achieve 242 touchdowns during the regular season. 55.5 % of his passes were caught for a room gain of 33,070 yards. As a runner, he was also able to carry 33 balls in the end zone. In his last year he scored an annual income as a player of $ 75,000.

Honors

Tittle was elected in 1957, 1961, 1962 and 1963 NFL Most Valuable Player. He played in six Pro Bowls, the final game of the best players of the season. Tittle was elected four times to the All- Pro. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and in the Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame. His jersey number 14 is no longer awarded by the Giants, they also honor him on the New York Giants Ring of Honor The city of Baton Rouge named a street after him.

After the career

Tittle has an insurance office in Silicon Valley and is a successful businessman millionaire many times over.

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