Chuck Fusina

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Chuck Fusina
Chuck Fusina, Sports Illustrated, November 1978
Date of birth:	May 31, 1957 (1957-05-31) (age 51)
Place of birth:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Career information
Position(s):	Quarterback
College:	Penn State
NFL Draft:	1979 / Round: 5/ Pick 133
Organizations
As player:
1979-1981 1983-1985 1986	Tampa Bay Buccaneers Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars Green Bay Packers
Career highlights and Awards
Awards:	1978 Maxwell Award 1984 USFL Most Outstanding Quartrerback 1984 Sporting News USFL P.O.Y. 1984 USFL Championship Game MVP
Stats at NFL.com

Charles Anthony Fusina (born May 31, 1957 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), is a former professional American football quarterback. He played in both the National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League (USFL) and was an All-American and Maxwell Award winner at Penn State University in 1978.

[edit] Professional football

At 6'1" 195-lb., Fusina was a 5th round draft pick (#133 overall) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1979 NFL Draft. He spent his first three professional seasons as back-up to Doug Williams. In 1983, he left for the fledgling USFL. Fusina signed with the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars where he blossomed under coach Jim Mora. In his three seasons with the team, he passed for over 10,000 yards and led all-USFL quarterbacks with 66 touchdowns and a QB rating of 88.6 and led the Stars to back-to-back USFL titles in 1984 and 1985. He was named MVP of the 1984 USFL Championship Game. When the league folded following the 1985 season, Fusina returned to the NFL for one season with the Green Bay Packers.

[edit] College highlights

Fusina capped an outstanding career at Penn State by winning the 1978 Maxwell Award, All-America honors and finishing runner-up in the 1978 Heisman Trophy balloting. He led the Nittany Lions to a 29-3 mark as a starter, including an 11-0 regular season in 1978. He passed for 1,859 yards and 11 touchdowns.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Penn State in 1979. He also earned an MBA from La Salle University in 1988.

[edit] High school

Fusina played quarterback for the Pittsburgh area Sto-Rox High School in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, where his old football jersey is on display outside of the gymnasium.

[edit] Personal

Fusina has been an instructor at the Purcell Quarterback School in Charlotte, North Carolina. He and his wife, Jacquelyn, and their one daughter Shannon and one son, Matt, currently live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he works in pharmaceutical sales. Chuck is also the godfather of his recently adopted son, Spencer Wheeler.

Fusina stunned friends in 2007 when he shaved off his famous moustache, which had earned him the nickname, "Moustache Chuck."

[edit] External links

• All-Time USFL Team
• Steve Dimitry's USFL page
• "Packers Sign Fusina" The New York Times, October 2, 1986.