Jack Youngblood
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| Jack Youngblood | |
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| Date of birth | January 26, 1950 |
| Place of birth | Jacksonville, FL |
| Position(s) | Defensive End |
| College | Florida |
| NFL Draft | 1971 / Round 1/ Pick 20 |
| Career Highlights | |
| Pro Bowls | 7 |
| Honors | NFL 1970s All-Decade Team College Football HOF |
| Retired #s | St. Louis Rams #85 |
| Records | Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams Most Consecutive Games (201) |
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| Team(s) | |
| 1971-1984 | Los Angeles Rams |
| College Hall-of-Fame | |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2001 | |
Herbert Jackson Youngblood III (born January 26, 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida) is a former American football defensive end who played for the Los Angeles Rams. He was drafted out of the University of Florida by the Rams in the first round (20th pick overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft; he was chosen as an All-Pro five times (1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979) during his 14 years with the team and was All-NFC seven times. He is most famous for playing the entire 1979-1980 playoffs (including the 1980 Super Bowl) with a fractured left fibula. He played in 201 consecutive games, a Rams team record; and only missed 1 game in his 14 year NFL career. He played in seven straight Pro Bowls, 5 NFC Championships, and one Super Bowl. He was also the Rams defensive captain and won the Dan Reeves award 3 times, which is awarded to the team's MVP. He was honored in the St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame. He had an uncredited 151.5 career sacks and led the Rams in sacks nine times.
Youngblood was also honored as the NFC Defensive Player of the Year in 1975 and Pro Football Weekly named Youngblood the NFL defensive lineman of the year, also in 1975. He repeated his NFC Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1976. Youngblood was also on the 1984 All-Madden team and was chosen by John Madden as the player who most exlemplified the All-Madden team. In addition to his 5 All-pro season and 7 All-NFC seasons, Youngblood was second-team All-pro in 1973, 1977, and 1980 and was second-team All-NFC in 1973 and 1984.
He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
Jack Youngblood appeared in two TV movies: "C.A.T. Squad" in 1986 and "C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf" in 1988. Youngblood played a Secret Service agent who was the "best weapons and munitions man in the business". He was nominated for an Emmy award for best supporting actor for his work in Python Wolf.
In 1988 Jack authored (with Joel Engle) his autobiography entitled, "Blood". It was favorably reviewed by Publisher's Weekly as "an unusual sports book".
In the mid-1980s he also modeled Munsingwear briefs in a series of magazine and billboard ads.
Jack was an All-American at University of Florida in 1970, leading team with 10 sacks. Set school record for sacks (14) in 1969. For his efforts he was named to the All-SEC Quarter-Century Team and the All-Time Florida Gator team in 1999.
After his college career Youngblood played in the Senior Bowl and recorded 4 sacks. He was named the linemen of the game and is a member of the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame (1989). Youngblood also played the College All-Star game in Chicago the following summer before reporting to the Rams in Canton, Ohio, for the Hall of Fame game.
Youngblood, after his retirement, worked in Player relations and Marketing for the Los Angeles Rams from 1985-91 and served as the Rams' color analyist for the Rams Radio Network from 1987-91.
Youngblood moved to the World League of American Football as the Director of Marketing for the Sacramento Surge in 1992-93. He moved to the Sacramento Gold of the Canadian Football League in 1994. He also served as an analyst for the Surge and the Gold Miners radio networks and hosted a Radio talk show from 1993-94 in Sacramento.
In 1995 he returned to his native Florida as Vice-President, then later as President of the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League leaving in 1999.
Among the numerous charitble activities Youngblood was involved in were the 1974 NFL-USO tour to Viet-Nam and Southeast Asia. In 1977 he was the United Way spokesman for the Rams and was the club's Man of the Year nominee in 1975 and 1983.
Other sponsorships and advertising ventures were a Miller Lite commercial in 1985 and Honda Power machines in 1985. He also had print ads for Pro Tron Weights Regional Print Ad 1984, Dan Post Handcrafted Boots, National Print Ad 1986, Cal-Gym, National Print Ad, 1986, and was a national spokesman for Protastonin in 2001.
On September 30, 2006, Youngblood was among the first four Gator legends to be inducted into the Florida Football Ring of Honor, alongside Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel, and Emmitt Smith.
[edit] External links
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: Member profile
- College Football Hall of Fame: Member profile
- Photos of Jack Youngblood
- Q&A with Jack Youngblood
| Preceded by: Lesley Bush Larry Echohawk Kwaku Ohene-Frempong Bob Lanier Mike Phipps Mike Reid |
Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA) Class of 1996 Marty Liquori Thomas Lewis Lyons Cliff Meely Kurt L. Schmoke Joe Theismann Jack Youngblood |
Succeeded by: Tommy Casanova Jack Ford David Joyner Edward B. Rust Jr. James Tedisco Herb Washington |
| National Football League | NFL's 1970s All-Decade Team |
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Terry Bradshaw | Ken Stabler | Roger Staubach | Earl Campbell | Franco Harris | Walter Payton | O.J. Simpson | Harold Carmichael | |
Categories: 1950 births | Living people | People from Jacksonville | American football defensive ends | Florida Gators football players | Gator Football Ring of Honor | Los Angeles Rams players | National Conference Pro Bowl players | NFL 1970s All-Decade Team | Pro Football Hall of Fame | College Football Hall of Fame
