Earl Morrall
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Earl Morrall

Personal information
Date of birthMay 17, 1934(age 76)
Muskegon, Michigan
Career information
CollegeMichigan State
NFL Draft1956 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2
Debut1956 for the San Francisco 49ers
Last played1976 for the Miami Dolphins
Career history
As player:
* San Francisco 49ers (1956) * Pittsburgh Steelers (1957-1958) * Detroit Lions (1958-1964) * New York Giants (1965-1967) * Baltimore Colts (1968-1971) * Miami Dolphins (1972-1976)
* 2x Pro Bowl selection (1957, 1968) * 3x Super Bowl champion (V, VII. VIII) * 1972 NFL Comeback P.O.Y. * 1968 AP NFL MVP * 1968 UPI MVP

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Earl Edwin Morrall (born May 17, 1934 in Muskegon, Michigan) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. Morrall, who also occasionally punted, played 21 seasons in the National Football League as both a starter and reserve. In the latter capacity, he became known as the greatest backup quarterback in NFL history. Morrall made Pro Bowl appearances following the 1957 and 1968 seasons.

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Preceded by
Ted Marchibroda
Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Quarterbacks
1957
Succeeded by
Bobby Layne
Preceded by
Johnny Unitas
AP NFL Most Valuable Player
1968 season
Succeeded by
Roman Gabriel
Preceded by
First selection
NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award
1972
Succeeded by
Roman Gabriel


Baltimore Colts Super Bowl V Champions

15 Earl Morrall * 17 Sam Havrilak * 19 Johnny Unitas * 20 Jerry Logan * 21 Rick Volk * 27 Ray Perkins * 28 Jimmy Orr * 30 Ron Gardin * 32 Mike Curtis * 33 Eddie Hinton * 34 Tom Nowatzke * 35 Jim Duncan * 36 Norm Bulaich * 40 Jack Maitland * 42 Tom Maxwell * 45 Jerry Hill * 47 Charles Stukes * 49 David Lee * 50 Bill Curry * 51 Bob Grant * 52 Robbie Nichols * 54 Tom Goode * 56 Ray May * 60 George Wright * 61 Cornelius Johnson * 62 Glenn Ressler * 71 Dan Sullivan * 72 Bob Vogel * 73 Sam Ball * 74 Billy Ray Smith * 75 John Williams * 76 Fred Miller * 78 Bubba Smith * 80 Jim O'Brien * 81 Billy Newsome * 83 Ted Hendricks * 84 Tom Mitchell * 85 Roy Hilton * 87 Roy Jefferson * 88 John Mackey

Miami Dolphins Super Bowl VII Champions

1 Garo Yepremian * 7 Billy Lothridge * 11 Jim Del Gaizo * 12 Bob Griese * 13 Jake Scott (MVP) * 15 Earl Morrall * 20 Larry Seiple * 21 Jim Kiick * 22 Mercury Morris * 23 Charles Leigh * 25 Tim Foley * 26 Lloyd Mumphord * 28 Ed Jenkins * 32 Hubert Ginn * 39 Larry Csonka * 40 Dick Anderson * 42 Paul Warfield * 45 Curtis Johnson * 49 Charlie Babb * 51 Larry Ball * 53 Bob Matheson * 54 Howard Kindig * 56 Jesse Powell * 57 Mike Kolen * 59 Doug Swift * 60 Al Jenkins * 62 Jim Langer * 65 Maulty Moore * 66 Larry Little * 67 Bob Kuechenberg * 68 Mike Kadish * 72 Bob Heinz * 73 Norm Evans * 75 Manny Fernandez * 77 Doug Crusan * 78 Jim Dunaway * 79 Wayne Moore * 80 Marv Fleming * 81 Howard Twilley * 82 Otto Stowe * 83 Vern Den Herder * 84 Bill Stanfill * 85 Nick Buoniconti * 86 Marlin Briscoe * 88 Jim Mandich * 89 Karl Noonan

Miami Dolphins Super Bowl VIII Champions

1 Garo Yepremian * 10 Don Strock * 12 Bob Griese * 13 Jake Scott * 15 Earl Morrall * 20 Larry Seiple * 21 Jim Kiick * 22 Mercury Morris * 23 Charles Leigh * 25 Tim Foley * 26 Lloyd Mumphord * 29 Tom Smith * 34 Ron Sellers * 36 Don Nottingham * 39 Larry Csonka (MVP) * 40 Dick Anderson * 42 Paul Warfield * 45 Curtis Johnson * 48 Henry Stuckey * 49 Charles Babb * 51 Larry Ball * 53 Bob Matheson * 55 Irv Goode * 57 Mike Kolen * 58 Bruce Bannon * 59 Doug Swift * 62 Jim Langer * 64 Ed Newman * 65 Maulty Moore * 66 Larry Little * 67 Bob Kuechenberg * 70 Larry Woods * 72 Bob Heinz * 73 Norm Evans * 75 Manny Fernandez * 76 Willie Young * 77 Doug Crusan * 79 Wayne Moore * 80 Marv Fleming * 81 Howard Twilley * 82 Bo Rather * 83 Vern Den Herder * 84 Bill Stanfill * 85 Nick Buoniconti * 86 Marlin Briscoe * 88 Jim Mandich * 89 Charley Wade

NFL MVP Award from the Associated Press

1957: J. Brown * 1958: J. Brown * 1959: Unitas * 1960: Not Awarded * 1961: Hornung * 1962: J. Taylor * 1963: Tittle * 1964: Unitas * 1965: J. Brown * 1966: Starr * 1967: Unitas * 1968: Morrall * 1969: Gabriel * 1970: Brodie * 1971: Page * 1972: L. Brown * 1973: Simpson * 1974: Stabler * 1975: Tarkenton 1976: Jones * 1977: Payton * 1978: Bradshaw * 1979: Campbell * 1980: Sipe * 1981: Anderson * 1982: Moseley * 1983: Theismann * 1984: Marino * 1985: Allen * 1986: L. Taylor * 1987: Elway * 1988: Esiason * 1989: Montana * 1990: Montana * 1991: Thomas * 1992: Young * 1993: Smith * 1994: Young * 1995: Favre * 1996: Favre * 1997: Favre & Sanders * 1998: Davis * 1999: Warner * 2000: Faulk * 2001: Warner * 2002: Gannon * 2003: Manning & McNair * 2004: Manning * 2005: Alexander * 2006: Tomlinson * 2007: Brady * 2008: Manning * 2009: Manning

NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award

1972: Morrall * 1973: Gabriel * 1974: Namath * 1975: Hampton * 1976: Landry * 1977: Morton * 1978: Riggins * 1979: Csonka * 1980: Plunkett * 1981: Anderson * 1982: Alzado * 1983: B. Johnson * 1984: Stallworth * 1985: No Selection * 1986: Montana & Kramer * 1987: White * 1988: Bell * 1989: Anderson * 1990: Word * 1991: McMahon * 1992: Cunningham * 1993: Allen * 1994: Marino * 1995: Harbaugh & Hearst * 1996: Bettis * 1997: Brooks * 1998: Flutie * 1999: Young * 2000: J. Johnson * 2001: Hearst * 2002: Maddox * 2003: Kitna * 2004: McGahee * 2005: Smith * 2006: Pennington * 2007: Moss * 2008: Pennington * 2009: Brady

NFL Alumni Career Achievement Award

1981 Rocky Bleier & Roger Staubach 1982 Merlin Olsen & O.J. Simpson 1983 George Blanda & Earl Morrall 1985 Frank Gifford & Jack Kemp 1986 Dan Fortmann * Ray Nitschke 1987 Willie Davis & Don Hutson 1988 Art Donovan 1989 Bart Starr 1990 Nick Buoniconti 1992 Ken Farragut * 1993 Gino Marchetti 1994 Byron White 1995 Alan Page 1996 Mike Reid 1997Jerry Richardson 1998 Dr. Robert Khayat 1999 Dr.Ed Sutton 2000 Paul Salata 2001 Terry Bradshaw 2002 Steve Largent 2003 Fred Dryer * 2004 Bob Griese 2005 Drew Pearson 2007 Mike Haynes

Pittsburgh Pirates / Steelers starting quarterbacks

Holm * Heller * Gildea * Matesic * Fiske * White * McCullough * Patterson * Brumbaugh * McDonough * McCarthy * Dudley * Sherman * Zimmerman * Grigas * Warren * Clement * Seabright * Evans * Geri * Ortmann * Finks * Marchibroda * Mackrides * Morrall * Dawson * Layne * Bukich * Brown * Nelsen * Wade * Smith * Izo * Nix * Shiner * Hanratty * Bradshaw * Gilliam * Kruczek * Malone * Stoudt * Woodley * Campbell * Brister * Bono * Blackledge * O'Donnell * Tomczak * Miller * Stewart * Graham * Maddox * Batch * Roethlisberger * Dixon

Detroit Lions starting quarterbacks

Enke * Layne * Dublinski * Rote * Ninowski * Plum * Morrall * Sweetan * Munson * Landry * Reed * Danielson * Komlo * Hipple * Ferguson * Long * Hilger * Gagliano * Peete * Ware * Kramer * Krieg * Mitchell * Majkowski * Batch * Reich * Frerotte * Case * Detmer * McMahon * Harrington * Garcia * Kitna * Orlovsky * Culpepper * Stafford * Stanton

Miami Dolphins starting quarterbacks

Wood * Wilson Jr. * Norton * Bob Griese * Morrall * Strock * Woodley * Marino * Mackey * Mitchell * Deberg * Kosar * Erickson * Huard * Fiedler * Lucas * Brian Griese * Feeley * Rosenfels * Frerotte * Culpepper * Harrington * Lemon * Green * Beck * Pennington * Henne



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