Jerry Rhome
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| Jerry Rhome | |
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| Date of birth: | March 6, 1942 |
| Place of birth: |  Dallas, Texas |
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| Position(s): | Quarterback |
| College: | Tulsa |
| NFL Draft: | 1964 / Round: 13 / Pick 172 |
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| 1965-1968 1969 1970 1971 |
Dallas Cowboys Cleveland Browns Houston Oilers Los Angeles Rams |
| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Jerry Byron Rhome (born March 6, 1942 in Dallas, Texas) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League. He played seven seasons from 1965-1971, mainly for the Dallas Cowboys.
Rhome starred at the University of Tulsa, and he finished second in the 1964 Heisman Trophy voting in one of the closes votes ever recorded. He held a number of NCAA records such as the most touch downs in a game and in a season, the most passes without an interception in a year and in a career just to name four. After he finished his pro playing career, he became an assistant coach at the University of Tulsa. His first NFL coaching job was with the Seattle Seahawks. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Washington Redskins.
In 1998 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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