Harlan Huckleby

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Harlan Huckleby
No. 32, 25
Position:
kick returner
Personal information
Born: (1957-12-30) December 30, 1957 (age 66)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:199 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school:Cass Technical
(Detroit, Michigan)
College:Michigan
NFL draft:1979 / Round: 5 / Pick: 120
Career history
Career highlights and awards
4x400m)
Big Ten indoor 4x400 Champion
Big Ten Indoor Team Champion (1x)
Big Ten Outdoor Team Champion (1x)
MHSAA
State Champion (4x)
Career NFL statistics
Kickoff return yards:
1300
Player stats at PFR

Harlan Charles Huckleby (born December 30, 1957) is a former professional

4x400m relay race team. He had also been a four-time Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) state champion in track and field. He played high school football at Cass Technical High School
, graduating in 1975.

High school

At Cass Technical High School he won the Class A MHSAA 220 yard dash both as a junior in 1974 and a senior in 1975. As a senior, he also won the state championship in the 100 yard dash and the 4x110 yard relay as a senior in 1975.[1] He also competed in the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Championships in 1974 placing fifth in the 440 yard dash.[2]

College

Rose Bowls
.

Huckleby started 30 games for

Rose Bowls.[7] When the Wolverines beat Northwestern Wildcats, 69–0, in week six of the 1975 season it was the first time in Michigan history that the Wolverines had three backs who each rushed for at least 100 yards. Harlan Huckleby gained 157 yards, and Michigan tied the modern Big Ten record of 573 rushing yards in the game.[8][9] Huckleby was the leading rusher for Michigan in both of the games in which Michigan had three rushers accumulate 100 yards.[10][11][12]

In track, Huckleby was a member of the 1976 Men's track team. The Men won the Big Ten Conference titles in both indoor and outdoor track that season. Huckleby's

All-American
honors for this. Although the team won both Big Ten track titles in 1978 Huckleby was not a member of the team.

Professional career

He was drafted in the fifth round of the

See also

  • Lists of Michigan Wolverines football rushing leaders

Notes

  1. ^ Moyes, Jim and Bill Khan. "Boys Track and Field Individual Champions - 1970-1979". Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  2. ^ "Track and Field: Boy's Events" (PDF). AAU Jr. Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  3. ^ "1976 Football Team". The Regents of the University of Michigan. March 31, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  4. ^ "1977 Football Team". The Regents of the University of Michigan. March 31, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  5. ^ "1978 Football Team". The Regents of the University of Michigan. March 31, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  6. ^ "Michigan Football Statistic Archive Query Page". Regents of the University of Michigan. 2003. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  7. ^ "Michigan's Bowl History" (PDF). University of Michigan & Host Interactive. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 30, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  8. ^ Palladino, Larry (October 24, 1974). "Hoosiers could have long day in Michigan". Kokomo Tribune.
  9. ^ Minnesota rushed for 832 against Northwestern in 1905 before the advent of the forward pass.
  10. ^ "Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan & Host Interactive. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 29, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
  11. ^ "Versus Northwestern October 18, 1975". Regents of the University of Michigan. 2003. Archived from the original on May 9, 2005. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
  12. ^ "Versus Stanford September 18, 1976". Regents of the University of Michigan. 2003. Archived from the original on May 9, 2005. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
  13. ^ Hergott, Jeremiah, ed. (2008). Two Thousand Eight Michigan Men's Track & Field. Frye Printing Company.
  14. ^ "1979 NFL Player Draft". databaseFootball.com. databaseSports.com. 2006. Archived from the original on March 27, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  15. ^ "1979 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
  16. ^ "All-Time Players: Harlan Huckleby". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  17. ^ "Packers 31, Lions 17". The New York Times Company. December 7, 1981. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  18. ^ "Packers 35, Vikings 23". The New York Times Company. November 30, 1981. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  19. ^ "1981 Green Bay Packers". databaseFootball.com. databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
  20. ^ "1982 Green Bay Packers". databaseFootball.com. databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2007.

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