Archie Roberts (American football)
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. | November 4, 1942||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Holyoke (Holyoke, Massachusetts) | ||||||||||||
College: | Columbia | ||||||||||||
AFL draft: | 1965 / Round: 7 / Pick: 51 | ||||||||||||
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Arthur James Roberts, Jr.
Roberts subsequently became a cardiac surgeon after graduating from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.[7][8] He performed over 4,000 open-heart operations before retiring.[8] He founded the New Jersey-based[1] Living Heart Foundation in 2001.[8][1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "About LHF". Living Heart Foundation. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ^ "Look Out, Mister Roberts; For Columbia, Archie Roberts Runs, Passes, Kicks, Tackles and Gets a Bloody Nose Every Saturday". Sports Illustrated. November 9, 1964. p. 44.
- ^ Eskenazi, Gerald (October 10, 1963). "Yale's Antidote for Columbia Is the 'Archie Roberts Defense'". The New York Times.
- ^ "Roberts Traded To Miami Team". Hartford Courant. September 27, 1967. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ Schonbrun, Zach (November 1, 2015). "It May Be Just Academic, but Fitzpatrick Is Near a Hall of Famer's Record". The New York Times.
- ^ Valenti, John (January 10, 1990). "Heart Of A Lion Ex-Columbia quarterback and shortstop Archie Roberts is a distinguished cardiac surgeon who rarely dwells on his glorious athletic past". Newsday.
- ^ Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Pro Football Reference