Sam Huff
- New York Giants (1956-1963)
- Washington Redskins (1964-1969)
- 5x Pro Bowl selection (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964)
- 6x All-Pro selection ( 1957-1961, 1963)
- NFL 1950s All- Decade Team
- 70 Greatest Redskins
- Redskins ' Ring of Fame
- Pro Bowl MVP (1961 )
- West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame
- National High School Hall of Fame
- NFL Champion (1956 )
- Pro Football Hall of Fame (1982 )
- College Football Hall of Fame (1980 )
- New York Giants Ring of Honor ( 2010)
Robert E. Lee Samuel "Sam" Huff (* October 4, 1934 in Edna Gas, West Virginia, United States) is an American former American football player. He played as a linebacker in the National Football League ( NFL) for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins.
Youth
Sam Huff was born in a mining colony, the fourth child of a coal miner. He had five siblings, three of them as the Father worked in the mine. Huff attended high school in Farmington, West Virginia. He played there American football in the defensive line and the offensive line. In 1951, he remained undefeated with his high school team and the following year he was elected to the league and in the state selection. His father urged him to be after finishing school Bergmann. However, Sam Huff refused categorically and accepted an athletic scholarship. The youth in the mining settlement influenced him throughout his life. During his professional time with the New York Giants, he returned and went into the mine with the workers a. The workers named in the mine a machine for him. In 1968 there was an accident in which 78 miners, including five of his uncles and cousins , lost their lives underground. His youngest brother had a lung disease and died at age 60 of a heart attack.
Playing career
College career
Sam Huff studied 1952-1955 Sports at West Virginia University ( WVU ). At his college, he played four years of college football. Huff played first as a guard, but moved in his last two years of study on the position of tackles. Also, the defensive line, he ran as a tackle. In all four years of study, he was honored by his college for his sporting achievements. In 1954 he qualified his team for the Sugar Bowl. The game against Georgia Institute of Technology was lost with 42:19. In the years 1953-1955 the WVU won each of the league championship. In his final year of study Huff was selected to the All- American. As vice- captain, he played this year in two select games.
Professional career
Huff was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round at 30 place in 1956. The coach of the Giants, Jim Lee Howell and be more responsible for the defense assistant coach Tom Landry put him henceforth as a linebacker in the Giants Defense. In his rookie year, he won the NFL championship with his team. In the final game, the Chicago Bears were beaten with 47:7. Although Huff was until 1963 with the Giants five times to move into the NFL playoff. A title win but it was no longer possible. In 1958 the Giants lost in the final against the Weeb Ewbank betreutenBaltimore of Colts with 23:17 in the following year, the Giants lost again against the Colts and 1961 the Green Bay Packers were able to 37:0 against the Giants prevail The Vince Lombardi, a former assistant coach of the Giants trained Packers could also prevail in 1962 against the Giants in the NFL Championship Game. They won this time with 16:7. In 1963, Huff lost with the Giants fifth final. The Chicago Bears got themselves with 14:10 victory.
After the 1963 season, Huff, who was one in New York at the public's favorite, was released by the team owner Wellington Mara of the Giants in exchange for two players to the Washington Redskins. At the team's success in New York Huff could not connect. In 1966 his new team under Head Coach Otto Graham won against the Giants with 72:41. It was the highest score, which was ever made in the NFL. After 150 games in the NFL to Huff in 1967 broke an ankle. Due to the injury he had to sit four games this year and the entire following season. In the 1969 season, he served as assistant coach Vince Lombardi at the Washington Redskins. He also starred in this year itself active. His playing career, he finished after this season.
After playing career
Sam Huff was in 1970 for another year assistant coach with the Redskins. He was responsible for the linebackers. He then worked as a businessman. He organized horse races, held shares in a hotel and worked as a horse breeder. Even today, he says the club's radio the games of the Redskins.
Familial
Huff is divorced and has three children. He lives in Middleburg, Virginia.
Honors
Sam Huff played five times in the Pro Bowl, the final game of the best players of the season. In 1961 he was appointed after the Pro Bowl to the Pro Bowl MVP. Huff was six times elected to the All- Pro. The Redskins honor him in their stadium on the Ring of Fame. Sam Huff is a member of the NFL 1950s All- Decade Team, the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame, the National High School Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. Sam Huff was chosen by the magazine "The Sports Illustrated " on number 76 of the list of the 100 best football players of all time. His jersey number 75 is no longer awarded to graduating from college. Huff was 1959, the first football player who was seen on the cover of Time magazine. In 1960, Walter Cronkite turned a television documentary about him. The Giants honor him since 2010 on the New York Giants Ring of Honor