Curtis Greer

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Curtis Greer
Career information
Date of birth:	(1957-11-10) November 10, 1957
Place of birth:	Detroit, Michigan
Position(s):	Defensive end
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	256 lb (116 kg)
College:	Michigan
NFL Draft:	1980 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Organizations
As player:
1980-1987	St. Louis Cardinals
Career highlights and awards
Honors:	First-team All-America 1979 Second-team All-NFC (1984)
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Curtis Greer (born November 10, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round (6th overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft. A 6'4", 256 lbs. defensive end from the University of Michigan, Greer played in eight NFL seasons from 1980 to 1987 for the Cardinals. He played high school football at the prestigious Cass Technical High School graduating in 1976.

Greer was a 1979 All-America selection. He set a Michigan record for tackles-for-a-loss in a season (23) and career (48). He was a two-time First-team All-Big Ten Conference selection (1978–79) and helped lead the Wolverines to three conference championships and four bowls.

He recorded 30 sacks in 1983–84 and 37.5 in a 41-game stretch of the strike-shortened 1982 season and the 32 games in 1983–84, which total was among the best in the NFL for that period. In 1984 Greer was a Second-team All-NFC selection by UPI.

v t e 1980 NFL Draft First Round Selections

Billy Sims Lam Jones Anthony Muñoz Bruce Clark Curtis Dickey Curtis Greer Junior Miller Mark Haynes Doug Martin Jacob Green Brad Budde Stan Brock Earl Cooper Roland James Marc Wilson Jim Ritcher Johnnie Johnson Art Monk Otis Wilson Jim Stuckey Don McNeal Ray Snell Roynell Young Derrick Hatchett Vagas Ferguson George Cumby Charles White Mark Malone

Draft years 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

v t e Chicago / St. Louis / Phoenix / Arizona Cardinals first-round draft picks

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Persondata
Name	Greer, Curtis
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	November 10, 1957
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan
Date of death
Place of death

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