Lou Michaels

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Lou Michaels
Career information
Date of birth:	(1935-09-28) September 28, 1935
Place of birth:	Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Position(s):	K, DE
College:	Kentucky
High school:	Swoyersville High School ^[1]
NFL Draft:	1958 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Organizations
As player:
1958-1960 1961-1963 1964-1969 1971	Los Angeles Rams Pittsburgh Steelers Baltimore Colts Green Bay Packers
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls:	2
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame

Lou Michaels is a former American football player who was a standout defensive lineman for the University of Kentucky Wildcats, 1955-57. After Kentucky's victory over archrival Tennessee in 1957, Michaels was quoted as saying, "Nothing sucks like a Big Orange." Michaels later played pro football for 14 years, 1958–1971, with the Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Colts and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He also excelled as a placekicker, and was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1962 and 1963 seasons.

He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992 and into the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. {http://polishsportshof.com/inductees/football/lou-michaels/} Walt Michaels also played in the NFL.

External links

v t e 1956 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB John Brodie HB Jim Brown HB Johnny Majors HB Tommy McDonald C Jerry Tubbs G Bill Glass G Jim Parker T Lou Michaels T John Witte E Ron Kramer E Joe Walton

v t e 1957 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

HB Bob Anderson HB John David Crow HB Walt Kowalczyk HB Clendon Thomas C Dan Currie G Al Ecuyer G Bill Krisher T Alex Karras T Lou Michaels E Jim Phillips E Dick Wallen

v t e Cleveland / Los Angeles / St. Louis Rams first-round draft picks

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Persondata
Name	Michaels, Lou
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	September 28, 1935
Place of birth	Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

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