Pat Fischer, the Glossary
Patrick Fischer (born January 2, 1940) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1961 to 1967, and the Washington Redskins from 1968 to 1977.[1]
Table of Contents
55 relations: All-Pro, American football, American Football League, Bump and run coverage, Charley Winner, Chuck Drulis, Colorado Buffaloes football, Cornerback, Dallas Cowboys, George Allen (American football coach), George Halas Award, Harold Carmichael, Interception, Kansas City Chiefs, Larry Wilson (American football), List of NCAA major college football yearly punt and kickoff return leaders, List of NFL career interceptions leaders, Miami Dolphins, Mike Bass, National Football League, Nebraska Cornhuskers football, NFL Films, Omaha, Nebraska, Philadelphia Eagles, Pro Bowl, Professional Football Researchers Association, Reserve clause, Roger Staubach, Rolf Krueger, Sonny Jurgensen, St. Edward, Nebraska, St. Louis Cardinals (NFL), Super Bowl VII, The Over-the-Hill Gang (American football), Touchdown, Tums, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Washington Commanders, Westside High School (Omaha), Willie Brown (American football), 1961 NFL draft, 1961 NFL season, 1964 All-Pro Team, 1964 Pro Bowl, 1965 All-Pro Team, 1965 Pro Bowl, 1967 NFL season, 1968 Washington Redskins season, 1969 All-Pro Team, 1969 NFL/AFL draft, ... Expand index (5 more) »
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All-Pro
All-Pro is an honor bestowed upon professional American football players that designates the best player at each position during a given season.
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
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The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference.
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Bump and run coverage
Bump and run coverage is a strategy formerly widely used by defensive backs in American professional football in which a defender lined up directly in front of a wide receiver and tried to impede him with arms, hands, or entire body and disrupt his intended route.
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Charley Winner
Charley Winner (born July 2, 1924) is a former American football player and coach.
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Chuck Drulis
Charles John Drulis (March 8, 1918 – August 23, 1972) was an American football player and coach born in Girardville, Pennsylvania.
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The Colorado Buffaloes football program represents the University of Colorado Boulder in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level, and is a member of the Big 12 Conference.
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Cornerback
A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football.
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Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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George Herbert Allen (April 29, 1918 – December 31, 1990) was an American football coach.
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George Halas Award
The George Halas Award is given by the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) to a National Football League (NFL) player, coach or staff member who overcomes the most adversity to succeed.
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Harold Carmichael
Lee Harold Carmichael (born September 22, 1949) is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles (1971–1983) and one year for the Dallas Cowboys (1984).
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Interception
In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for a player of the same team but caught by a player of the team on defense, who thereby usually gains possession of the ball for their team.
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Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Lawrence Frank Wilson (March 24, 1938 – September 17, 2020) was an American football safety who played with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Pat Fischer and Larry Wilson (American football) are Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players and st. Louis Cardinals (football) players.
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The list of NCAA major college football yearly punt and kickoff return leaders identifies the major college leaders for each season from 1939 to the present.
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List of NFL career interceptions leaders
In American football, an interception (INT), also known as a pick, occurs when a pass intended for a player of the same team is caught by an opposition player, who then gains possession for their team.
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Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Greater Miami area.
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Mike Bass
Michael Thomas Bass (born March 31, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 through 1975.
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference.
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NFL Films
NFL Productions, LLC, doing business as NFL Films, is the film and television production company of the National Football League.
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County.
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Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia.
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Pro Bowl
The National Football League All-Star Game (1939–1942), Pro Bowl (1951–2022), or Pro Bowl Games (since 2023) is an annual event held by the National Football League (NFL) featuring the league's star players.
The Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) is an organization of researchers whose mission is to preserve and, in some cases, reconstruct professional American football history.
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Reserve clause
The reserve clause, in North American professional sports, was part of a player contract which stated that the rights to players were retained by the team upon the contract's expiration.
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Roger Staubach
Roger Thomas Staubach (-;, -; born February 5, 1942), nicknamed "Roger the Dodger", "Captain America", and "Captain Comeback", is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys.
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Rolf Krueger
Rolf Frank Krueger (born December 8, 1946) is a former professional American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). Pat Fischer and Rolf Krueger are st. Louis Cardinals (football) players.
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Sonny Jurgensen
Christian Adolph "Sonny" Jurgensen III (born August 23, 1934) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, playing for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins. Pat Fischer and Sonny Jurgensen are Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players.
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St. Edward, Nebraska
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St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)
From 1960 to 1987, the professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals played in St. Louis, Missouri, as the St.
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Super Bowl VII
Super Bowl VII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Washington Redskins to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1972 season.
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The Over-the-Hill Gang was the George Allen-coached Washington Redskins team of the early 1970s, so named due to the large number of veteran players on the team.
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Touchdown
A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football.
Tums
Tums (stylized as TUMS) is an antacid made of sucrose (table sugar) and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) manufactured by Haleon in St. Louis, Missouri, US.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.
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Washington Commanders
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area.
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Westside High School (Omaha)
Westside High School is the only high school of the Westside Community Schools district (also known as District 66 to local residents) of Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
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William Ferdie Brown (December 2, 1940 – October 21, 2019) was an American professional football player, coach and administrator.
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1961 NFL draft
The 1961 NFL draft took place at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia on December 27–28, 1960.
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1961 NFL season
The 1961 NFL season was the 42nd regular season of the National Football League (NFL).
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1964 All-Pro Team
The following is a list of players that were named to the Associated Press All-Pro Team in the NFL in 1964.
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1964 Pro Bowl
The 1964 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 14th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1963 season.
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1965 All-Pro Team
The following is a list of National Football League (American football) players that were named to the Associated Press All-Pro Team in 1965.
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1965 Pro Bowl
The 1965 Pro Bowl was the NFL's fifteenth annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1964 season.
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1967 NFL season
The 1967 NFL season was the 48th regular season of the National Football League.
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1968 Washington Redskins season
The Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 37th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 32nd in Washington, D.C. In their third and final year under head coach Otto Graham, the team finished 5–9, failing to improve on their 5–6–3 record from 1967.
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1969 All-Pro Team
This is a list of players named as All-Pros based on their performance in the 1969 AFL and NFL season.
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1969 NFL/AFL draft
The 1969 NFL/AFL draft was part of the common draft, the third and final year in which the NFL and AFL held a joint draft of college players.
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1969 Pro Bowl
The 1969 Pro Bowl was the NFL's nineteenth annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1968 season.
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1970 NFL draft
The 1970 NFL draft was the 35th National Football League Draft and the first of the league's modern era, following the merger of the National Football League with the American Football League.
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1972 All-Pro Team
The following is a list of players that were named to the Associated Press All-Pro Team, the Newspaper Enterprise Association All-Pro team and the Pro Football Writers Association, and Pro Football Weekly All-Pro teams in 1972.
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1972–73 NFL playoffs
The National Football League playoffs for the 1972 season began on December 23, 1972.
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1977 Washington Redskins season
The 1977 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 46th season overall, and would be the last under Hall of Fame head coach George Allen.
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See also
Sportspeople from Nebraska
- Adrian Brian
- Allison Weston
- Alonzo Martinez
- Amber Rolfzen
- Ben Plucknett
- Bob DeFruiter
- Bret Erickson
- Burton Wilkinson
- Connie Griffith
- Curtis Tomasevicz
- Dani Busboom Kelly
- Dick Wagner (baseball)
- Don Boll
- Earl Cooper
- Edward Bushnell
- Fred Murree
- Gary Anderson (sport shooter)
- Gary Cleveland
- Gina Mancuso
- Hale Baugh
- Harold Thurber
- Heather Armbrust
- Jack Van Berg
- Jared Schuurmans
- Jenny Kropp
- Jim Kane (coach)
- John A. Nerud
- Johnny Matz
- Jordan Larson
- Kayla Haneline
- Kenzo Cotton
- Lee Case
- Luther McCarty
- Merlin Volzke
- Ozzie Cisneros
- Pat Fischer
- Robert L. Wheeler
- Sara Vaughn (athlete)
- Scott Shanle
- Steve Brooks (jockey)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Fischer
Also known as Pat Fisher.
, 1969 Pro Bowl, 1970 NFL draft, 1972 All-Pro Team, 1972–73 NFL playoffs, 1977 Washington Redskins season.