Karl Sweetan

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Karl Sweetan
Career information
Date of birth:	(1942-10-02)October 2, 1942
Place of birth:	Dallas, Texas
Date of death:	July 2, 2000(2000-07-02) (aged 57)
Place of death:	Las Vegas, Nevada
Position(s):	Quarterback
College:	Wake Forest
NFL Draft:	1965 / Round: 18 / Pick 249
Organizations
As player:
1966-1967 1968 1969-1970	Detroit Lions New Orleans Saints Los Angeles Rams
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Karl Robert Sweetan (October 2, 1942 in Dallas, Texas – July 2, 2000, in Las Vegas, Nevada) was a professional NFL quarterback who played in five NFL seasons from 1966 to 1970 for 3 different teams. He is tied with several other players for the record longest pass completion (99 yards to Pat Studstill on October 16, 1966) at Baltimore Colts Loss 45-14, 60,238 Fans at Memorial Stadium. It is notable that he was the first non-Redskins quarterback to accomplish this feat. He was the Lions starting quarterback during the filming of the movie Paper Lion.^[1] He also saw playing time in the Canadian Football League with the 1964 Toronto Argonauts. Sweetan also gained notoriety of sorts later when it was alleged he tried to sell an NFL football playbook to another team; however, that was not proven.^[2]

References

Portsmouth Spartans / Detroit Lions starting quarterbacks

Chuck Bennett (1930)
Glenn Presnell (1931–1933)
Dutch Clark (1932–1937)
Vern Huffman (1938)
Dwight Sloan (1939)
Byron White (1940–1941)
Harry Hopp (1942)
Frank Sinkwich (1943–1944)
Chuck Fenenbock (1945)
Dave Ryan (1946)
Clyde LeForce (1947–1949)
Fred Enke (1948–1949)
Frank Tripucka (1949)
Bobby Layne (1950–1958)
Jim Hardy (1952)
Tom Dublinski (1953–1954)
Harry Gilmer (1955)
Tobin Rote (1957–1959)
Earl Morrall (1959–1964)
Jim Ninowski (1960–1961)
Milt Plum (1962–1967)
George Izo (1965)
Karl Sweetan (1966–1967)
Bill Munson (1968–1975)
Greg Landry (1968–1978)
Joe Reed (1975–1977)
Gary Danielson (1977–1984)
Jeff Komlo (1979–1981)
Eric Hipple (1981–1989)
John Witkowski (1984)
Joe Ferguson (1985–1986)
Chuck Long (1986–1988)
Todd Hons (1987)
Rusty Hilger (1988)
Bob Gagliano (1989–1990)
Rodney Peete (1989–1993)
Andre Ware (1990–1993)
Erik Kramer (1991–1993)
Dave Krieg (1994)
Scott Mitchell (1994–1998)
Don Majkowski (1996)
Charlie Batch (1998–2001)
Frank Reich (1998)
Gus Frerotte (1999)
Stoney Case (2000)
Ty Detmer (2001)
Mike McMahon (2001–2002)
Joey Harrington (2002–2005)
Jeff Garcia (2005)
Jon Kitna (2006–2008)
Dan Orlovsky (2008)
Daunte Culpepper (2008–2009)
Matthew Stafford (2009–present)
Drew Stanton (2009–2010)
Shaun Hill (2010)

New Orleans Saints starting quarterbacks

Gary Cuozzo (1967)
Billy Kilmer (1967–1970)
Karl Sweetan (1968)
Ronnie Lee South (1968)
Edd Hargett (1970–1971)
Archie Manning (1971–1981)
Bobby Scott (1973–1981)
Larry Cipa (1974–1975)
Bobby Douglass (1976–1977)
Dave Wilson (1981–1986)
Ken Stabler (1982–1983)
Guido Merkens (1982)
Richard Todd (1984)
Bobby Hebert (1985–1992)
John Fourcade (1987–1990)
Steve Walsh (1990–1993)
Wade Wilson (1993)
Mike Buck (1993)
Jim Everett (1994–1996)
Doug Nussmeier (1996–1997)
Heath Shuler (1997)
Billy Joe Hobert (1997–1999)
Danny Wuerffel (1997–1998)
Kerry Collins (1998)
Billy Joe Tolliver (1998–1999)
Jake Delhomme (1999)
Jeff Blake (2000)
Aaron Brooks (2000–2005)
Todd Bouman (2005)
Drew Brees (2006–present)
Mark Brunell (2009)

Persondata
Name	Sweetan, Karl
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	October 2, 1942
Place of birth	Dallas, Texas
Date of death	July 2, 2000
Place of death	Las Vegas, Nevada

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