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Terry Bradshaw
Position: Quarterback
Height: 6-3
Weight: 210
40' Dash Time: 4.7 seconds
Born: September 2, 1948 in Shreveport, Louisiana
Drafted: 1970, 1st Round (1st overall)
College: Louisiana Tech
NFL Career: 1971-1984 Pittsburgh
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 1989 (Presenter: Verne Lundquist)
Terry Bradshaw, one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he attended Woodlawn High School. Before he graduated from Louisiana Tech, where he majored in Liberal Arts, most scouts in the league considered him to be the most outstanding Senior of 1969. They had plenty of good reasons, too. During his college career he completed 462 (52.5%) of his 879 passing attempts for 7,149 yards and 42 touchdowns. He was Senior Co-Captain, and held the all school passing and total offense records. He was named first team All-America by AP, Coaches and Time and 2nd team by UPI and Sporting News, he also excelled in Senior Bowl as MVP and also played in North-South game.
Bradshaw was first player selected in NFL draft, 1970. Though it did take him several seasons to mature and hone his natural ability, he soon became a great leader, eventually calling his own plays. As a more seasoned quarterback, he lead his team to an unparalleled four Super Bowl Championships in six years from 1974 - 1979 and eight AFC Central titles. In two of those Super Bowls, XIII and XIV, Bradshaw earned MVP status. He also held Super Bowl Records, passing for 932 yards and 9 TDs.
In his 14-season career, Bradshaw completed 2,025 of 3,901 passes for 27,989 yards and 212 touchdowns. In 19 postseason games, he completed 261 passes for 3,833 yards. He also rushed 444 times for 2,257 yards and 32 touchdowns. He was invited to three Pro Bowls. In 1978 Bradshaw was named player of the year, he also went all-pro that same year. In 1979 he was All-AFC.
In Steelers' six regular season wins in 1982, he completed 60% of his passes with 16 TDs and just five interceptions. Had one of the best games of his career in the playoff defeat to San Diego, completing 28 of 39 for a postseason career high of 325 yards and in one drive during that game successfully completed a career high of 15 consecutive passes.
Despite the time required to maintain such phenomenal skill and athleticism , Bradshaw continued his education in the off season and received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Alderson-Broaddus (W. Va) in 1979 and Doctor of Humanities from Louisiana Tech in 1981.
REGULAR SEASON STATS
PASSING RUSHING
YEAR GMS ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG TD INT ATT YDS AVG TD
1970 13 218 83 38.1 1,410 6.5 6 24 32 233 7.3 1
1971 14 373 203 54.4 2,259 6.1 13 22 53 247 4.6 5
1972 14 308 147 47.7 1,887 6.1 12 12 58 346 6.0 7
1973 10 180 89 49.4 1,183 6.6 10 15 34 145 4.3 3
1974 8 148 67 45.3 785 5.3 7 8 34 224 6.6 2
1975 14 286 165 57.7 2,055 7.2 18 9 35 210 6.0 3
1976 10 192 92 47.9 1,177 6.1 10 9 31 219 7.1 3
1977 14 314 162 51.6 2,523 8.0 17 19 31 171 5.5 3
1978 16 368 207 56.3 2,915 7.9 28 20 32 93 2.9 1
1979 16 472 259 54.9 3,724 7.9 26 25 21 83 4.0 0
1980 15 424 218 51.4 3,339 7.9 24 22 36 111 3.1 2
1981 14 370 201 54.3 2,887 7.8 22 14 38 162 4.3 2
1982 9 240 127 52.9 1,768 7.4 17 11 8 10 1.3 0
1983 1 8 5 62.5 63 7.9 2 0 1 3 3.0 0
Totals 168 3901 2025 51.9 27,975 7.2 212 210 444 2,257 5.1 32
POST SEASON STATS
(INCLUDING SUPER BOWLS)
PASSING RUSHING
YR GMS ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG TD INT ATT YDS AVG TD
1972 2 35 16 45.7 257 7.3 2 3 4 24 6.0 0
1973 1 25 12 48.0 167 6.7 2 3 3 9 3.0 0
1974 3 50 29 58.0 394 7.9 3 1 13 96 7.4 0
1975 3 57 32 56.1 527 9.2 3 5 9 60 6.7 1
1976 2 53 28 52.8 440 8.3 3 1 1 4 4.0 0
1977 1 37 19 51.4 177 4.8 1 3 4 21 5.3 0
1978 3 78 44 56.4 790 10.1 8 4 11 33 3.0 0
1979 3 82 53 64.6 758 9.2 6 4 4 34 8.5 0
1982 1 39 28 71.8 325 8.3 2 2 2 12 6.0 1
TOTALS 19 465 261 56.1 3,835 8.2 30 26 51 293 5.7 2
SUPER BOWL STATS
PASSING RUSHING
YR SB ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG TD INT ATT YDS AVG TD
1974 IX 14 9 64.3 96 6.9 1 0 5 33 6.6 0
1975 X 19 9 47.4 209 11.0 2 0 4 16 4.0 0
1978 XIII 30 17 56.7 318 10.6 4 1 2 -5 -2.5 0 (MVP)
1979 XIV 21 14 66.7 309 14.7 2 3 3 9 3.0 0 (MVP)
TOTALS 4 84 49 58.3 932 11.1 9 4 14 53 3.8 0