Elvis Grbac

Elvis Grbac M. ( born August 13, 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio ) is a former American professional American football player at the position of quarterback. He played for the San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens in the National Football League ( NFL).

Career

At the University of Michigan who is 1.95 meters tall Grbac led his college team in both 1991 and 1992 in the Rose Bowl. In the 1993 NFL Draft Grbac was 49ers drafted by the San Francisco 219 spot where he was three years of substitute of starting quarterback Steve Young. With the 49ers Grbac won the Super Bowl XXIX (1995 ), his services were rather inconspicuous but harshly criticized: San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown called Grbac 1996, a " disgrace to humanity ", for which Brown apologized later. After three years with only nine games from the start, Grbac was committed in 1996 by the Kansas City Chiefs.

After three years rather inconspicuous, where he quarreled with Rich Gannon to its position as the starting quarterback and threw 38 touchdowns, but also caused 31 interceptions, Grbac 2000 had the best year of his career. He threw 28 touchdowns, scored 4,169 yards extra space and was elected to the Pro Bowl. In 2001, Grbac was committed by the defending champions, the Baltimore Ravens. There, it had to go quarterback Trent Dilfer, who had led the Ravens to win the title. Grbac could never fill the hole left by the popular among fans and teammates Dilfer: after a disappointing season (15 touchdowns, 18 interceptions, quarterback rating 71.1 ) made ​​the Ravens from a get-out clause use, which Grbac an "unrestricted free agent " been. Instead, in another team to hire, he announced his retirement, in part because he " did not want to expect " his family of five, always move.

Private life

Grbac is married and has three children. One of his children suffer from the disease spina bifida, so that Grbac involved in the fight against this disease. Grbac has a brother named Engelbert.

Grbacs family emigrated in the early 1970s from Istria (today's Croatia) in the United States. Since "Elvis" in Croatia is indeed a common first name, but is strongly associated in the United States with the singer Elvis Presley, Grbacs time performance of his career with Elvis Presley commented -inspired headlines.

While Grbacs time with the Kansas City Chiefs, he was called by People magazine "Sexiest Male Athlete " in 1998, but that was an oversight. Actually his quarterback teammate Rich Gannon should get this honor, but the photographer was not Gannon's name was called, but only that he should photograph the "Starting quarterback the Chiefs ". Because Gannon was injured at the time and starting quarterback Grbac was Grbac was accidentally photographed. It was not until 2009, this farce of Sports Illustrated was revealed.

Evidence

College Football Rose Bowl Game People (magazine)
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