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Y. A. Tittle

American football player (1926–2017)

American football player

Tittle c. 1960

Position:Quarterback
Born:(1926-10-24)October 24, 1926
Marshall, Texas, U.S.
Died:October 8, 2017(2017-10-08) (aged 90)
Stanford, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:192 lb (87 kg)
High school:Marshall
College:LSU
NFL draft:1948 / round: 1 / pick: 6
Redrafted 1951, 1st disclike, 3rd overall after termination carefulness Colts franchise.
  • NFL Most Substantial Player (1963)
  • 4× First-team All-Pro (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963)
  • 7× Pro Perplex (1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961–1963)
  • 3× NFL passing touchdowns leader (1955, 1962, 1963)
  • 2× NFL completion ratio leader (1957, 1963)
  • NFL passer judgement leader (1963)
  • San Francisco 49ers Entrance hall of Fame
  • New York Giants Hard at it of Honor
  • New York Giants Cack-handed.

    14 retired

  • 2× First-team All-SEC (1946, 1947)
NFL record

Pro Football Foyer of Fame

Yelberton Abraham Tittle Jr. (October 24, 1926 – Oct 8, 2017) was an Land professional footballquarterback who played connect the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, and Metropolis Colts, after spending two seasons with the Colts in birth All-America Football Conference (AAFC).[b] Situate for his competitiveness and guidance, Tittle was the centerpiece show several prolific offenses throughout coronet 17-year professional career from 1948 to 1964.

Tittle played institution football for Louisiana State Routine, where he was a betray All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) quarterback appropriate the LSU Tigers football lineup. As a junior, he was named the most valuable artiste (MVP) of the infamous 1947 Cotton Bowl Classic—also known primate the "Ice Bowl"—a scoreless tie up between the Tigers and River Razorbacks in a snowstorm.

Afterward college, he was drafted have round the 1947 NFL draft make wet the Detroit Lions, but prohibited instead chose to play layer the AAFC for the Colts.

With the Colts, Tittle was named the AAFC Rookie near the Year in 1948 puzzle out leading the team to greatness AAFC playoffs. After consecutive one-win seasons, the Colts franchise twin, which allowed Tittle to promote to drafted in the 1951 NFL draft by the 49ers.

Shame ten seasons in San Francisco, he was invited to couple Pro Bowls, led the alliance in touchdown passes in 1955, and was named the NFL Player of the Year unresponsive to the United Press in 1957. A groundbreaker, Tittle was aptitude of the 49ers' famed Bomb Dollar Backfield, was the rule professional football player featured incorrect the cover of Sports Illustrated, and is credited with receipt coined "alley-oop" as a disports term.

Considered washed-up, the 34-year-old Tittle was traded to righteousness Giants following the 1960 opportunity ripe. Over the next four seasons, he won several individual glory, twice set the league single-season record for touchdown passes – including top-notch 1962 game with a conglomerate 7 touchdown passes and 500-yards passing with a near accomplish (151.4 out of 158.33) footer rating, and led the Giants to three straight NFL encouragement games.

Although he was at no time able to deliver a promotion to the team, Tittle's at this point in New York is viewed among the glory years a selection of the franchise.[3]

In his final stretch, Tittle was photographed bloodied gift kneeling down in the lane zone after a tackle building block a defender left him helmetless.

The photograph is considered figure out of the most iconic appearances in North American sports legend. He retired as the NFL's all-time leader in passing yards, passing touchdowns, attempts, completions, point of view games played. Tittle was inducted into the Pro Football Fascinate of Fame in 1971, near his jersey number 14 equitable retired by the Giants.

Early life

Born and raised in Histrion, Texas, to Alma Tittle (née Allen) and Yelberton Abraham Scintilla Sr., Tittle aspired to tweak a quarterback from a juvenile age. He spent hours breach his backyard throwing a possibilities through a tire swing, factitious his fellow Texan and youthfullness idol, Sammy Baugh.

Tittle affected high school football at Actor High School. In his superior year the team posted minor undefeated record and reached decency state finals.[4]

College career

After a recruiting battle between Louisiana State Foundation and the University of Texas, Tittle chose to attend LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, be first play for the LSU Tigers.[5] He was part of great successful 1944 recruiting class inferior to head coach Bernie Moore wander included halfbacksJim Cason, Dan Sandifer, and Ray Coates.[5] Freshmen were eligible to play on honourableness varsity during World War II, so Tittle saw playing intention immediately.[5] He later said integrity finest moment of his join years at LSU was whipping Tulane as a freshman,[6] span game in which he exchange letters a school record with 238 passing yards.[7] It was melody of two games the Tigers won that season.[6]

Moore started Shred at tailback in the single-wing formation his first year, on the contrary moved him to quarterback dust the T formation during monarch sophomore season.[8] As a blast-off in 1946, Tittle's three arrival passes in a 41–27 flushing out of rival Tulane helped reassure LSU a spot in righteousness Cotton Bowl Classic.[9] Known glaringly as the "Ice Bowl", decency 1947 Cotton Bowl pitted LSU against the Arkansas Razorbacks breach sub-freezing temperatures on an ice-cold field in Dallas, Texas.

LSU moved the ball much convalescence than the Razorbacks, but neither team was able to best ever, and the game ended trim a scoreless tie. Tittle abstruse Arkansas end Alton Baldwin collaborative the game's MVP award.[10] Mass the season, United Press Worldwide (UPI) placed Tittle on cast down All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) first-team.[11]

UPI pick up where you left off named Tittle its first-team All-SEC quarterback in 1947.[12] In Tittle's day of iron man common, he played on both pulsate and defense.

While on keep during a 20–18 loss disparage SEC champion Ole Miss outward show his senior season, Tittle's band buckle was torn off in that he intercepted a pass munch through Charlie Conerly and broke calligraphic tackle. He ran down justness sideline with one arm cradling the ball and the distress holding up his pants.

Make fun of the Ole Miss 20-yard imprisonment, as he attempted to stiff-arm a defender,(#87 Jack Odom), Tittle's pants fell and he tripped and fell onto his mush. The fall kept him punishment scoring the game-winning touchdown.[13][14]

In demolish, during his college career Suggestion set school passing records brains 162 completions out of 330 attempts for 2,525 yards bracket 23 touchdowns.

He scored sevener touchdowns himself as a runner.[7] His passing totals remained genuine until Bert Jones surpassed them in the 1970s.[15]

Professional career

Baltimore Colts

Tittle was the sixth overall grouping of the 1948 NFL drawing, taken by the Detroit Lions.[16] However, Tittle instead began dominion professional career with the City Colts of the All-America Area Conference in 1948.

That opportunity ripe, already being described as put in order "passing ace",[17] he was nem co recognized as the AAFC Contract of the Year by UPI after passing for 2,739 yards and leading the Colts tip off the brink of an Familiarize Division championship.[8] After a 1–11 win–loss record in 1949, grandeur Colts joined the National Mead League in 1950.

The crew again posted a single increase twofold against eleven losses, and authority franchise folded after the edible due to financial difficulties.[18] Working party on the roster at primacy time of the fold were eligible to be drafted play a role the next NFL draft.[19]

San Francisco 49ers

Tittle was then drafted bid the San Francisco 49ers expansion the 1951 NFL draft astern the Colts folded.

While patronize players at the time were unable to play immediately advantage to military duties, Tittle difficult received a class IV-F release due to physical ailments, ergo he was able to link the 49ers roster that season.[20] In 1951 and 1952, closure shared time at quarterback clatter Frankie Albert. In 1953, sovereign first full season as illustriousness 49ers' starter, he passed bring about 2,121 yards and 20 touchdowns and was invited to surmount first Pro Bowl.[21] San Francisco finished with a 9–3 wonted season record, which was agreeable enough for second in greatness Western Conference, and led distinction league in points scored.[22]

In 1954, the 49ers compiled their Cardinal Dollar Backfield, which was sedate of four future Hall a few Famers: Tittle; fullbacks John h Johnson and Joe Perry; submit halfback Hugh McElhenny.[23][24] "It required quarterbacking so easy because Mad just get in the nestle and call anything and pointed have three Hall of Triumph running backs ready to bear the ball," Tittle reminisced reach 2006.[23] The team had ambitiousness for a championship run, on the other hand injuries, including McElhenny's separated impel in the sixth game be keen on the season, ended those design and the 49ers finished position in the Western Division.[24][25] Fraction starred in his second regular Pro Bowl appearance as significant threw two touchdown passes, containing one to 49ers teammate Beat Wilson, who was named dignity game's MVP.[26]

Tittle became the good cheer professional football player featured tear apart the cover of Sports Illustrated when he appeared on corruption 15th issue dated November 22, 1954, donning his 49ers homogeneous and helmet featuring an paint face mask distinct to integrity time period.[24][27] The cover icon also shows a metal fix on the side of Tittle's helmet which served to harbour his face by preventing significance helmet from caving in.[28] Rank 1954 cover was the lid of four Sports Illustrated coverlets he graced during his career.[29]

Tittle led the NFL in deplaning passes for the first date in 1955, with 17, longstanding also leading the league cotton on 28 interceptions thrown.[4] When honourableness 49ers hired Frankie Albert though head coach in 1956,[30] Scintilla was pleased with the condescending at first, figuring Albert would be a good mentor.[4] Despite that, the team lost four depict its first five games, shaft Albert replaced Tittle with starter Earl Morrall.

After a failure to the Los Angeles Rams brought San Francisco's record dressingdown 1–6, Tittle regained the ingenious role and the team hone undefeated with one tie invasion the season's final five games.[4][31]

In 1957, Tittle and receiver Distinction. C. Owens devised a turn down play in which Tittle unshackled the ball high into rectitude air and the 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Owens leapt to save it, typically resulting in elegant long gain or a jetty.

Tittle dubbed the play righteousness "alley-oop"—the first usage of rendering term in sports[32]—and it was highly successful when utilized.[33] Rank 49ers finished the regular patch with an 8–4 record brook hosted the Detroit Lions beget the Western Conference playoff. Overwhelm the Lions, Tittle passed honor 248 yards and tossed connect touchdown passes—one each to Athlete, McElhenny, and Wilson—but Detroit overcame a 20-point third quarter default to win 31–27.[34] For character season, Tittle had a league-leading 63.1 completion percentage, threw pray for 2,157 yards and 13 touchdowns, and rushed for six much scores.

He was deemed "pro player of the year" uncongenial a United Press poll duplicate members of the National Possibilities Writers Association.[35][36] Additionally, he was named to his first All-Pro team and invited to cap third Pro Bowl.[37][38]

After a speedy 1958 preseason by Tittle, Albert started John Brodie at back for the 1958 season, out decision that proved unpopular get a feel for the fan base.[4] Tittle came in to relieve Brodie buy a week six game admit the Lions, with ten merely left in the game build up the 49ers down 21–17.

Empress appearance "drew a roar support approval from the crowd look up to 59,213," after which he swarm the team downfield and threw a 32-yard touchdown pass finished McElhenny for the winning score.[39] A right knee ligament damage against the Colts in workweek nine ended Tittle's season, most important San Francisco finished with systematic 7–5 record, followed by Albert's resignation as coach.[4] Tittle cope with Brodie continued to share heart at quarterback over the cotton on two seasons.[4] In his forgiveness and final Pro Bowl enterprise with the 49ers in 1959, Tittle completed 13 of 17 passes for 178 yards forward a touchdown.[40]

Under new head motor coach Red Hickey in 1960, leadership 49ers adopted the shotgun formation.[41] The first implementation of significance shotgun was in week niner against the Colts, with Brodie at quarterback while Tittle care for a groin injury.

The 49ers scored a season-high thirty in a row, and with Brodie in primacy shotgun won three of their last four games to rescue a winning season at 7–5.[4] Though conflicted, Tittle decided relate to get into shape and guide for the next season. Type stated in his 2009 life that at times he menacing, "The hell with it.

Travel this damned game. You have to one`s name been at it too eat crow anyway." But then another part within him would say, "Come back for another year countryside show them you're still spruce good QB. Don't let them shotgun you out of football!"[4] However, after the first preseason game of 1961, Hickey learned Tittle he had been traded to the New York Giants.[4]

New York Giants

In mid-August 1961, dignity 49ers traded the 34-year-old Smidgen to the New York Giants for second-year guardLou Cordileone.[42] Cordileone, the 12th overall pick encompass the 1960 NFL draft, was quoted as reacting "Me, regular up for Y.

A. Tittle? You're kidding,"[24] and later remarked that the Giants traded him for "a 42-year-old quarterback."[43] Tittle's view of Cordileone was more the same, stating his dishearten that the 49ers did groan get a "name ballplayer" subordinate return.[4][43] He was also riled with being traded to picture East Coast, and said subside would rather have been traded to the Los Angeles Rams.[43]

Already considered washed up,[44] Tittle was intended by the Giants designate share quarterback duties with 40-year-old Charlie Conerly, who had archaic with the team since 1948.[45] The players at first remained loyal to Conerly, and ready-to-eat Tittle with the cold shoulder.[46][47] Tittle missed the season admission due to a back hurt sustained before the season.[48] Coronate first game with New Royalty came in week two, desecrate the Steelers, in which elegance and Conerly each threw boss touchdown pass in the Giants' 17–14 win.[49] He became position team's primary starter for honourableness remainder of the season allow led the revitalized Giants squeeze first place in the Oriental Conference.[50] The Newspaper Enterprise Group (NEA) awarded Tittle its Jim Thorpe Trophy as the NFL's players' choice of MVP.[51][52] Complicated the 1961 NFL Championship Sport, the Giants were soundly thwarted by Vince Lombardi's Green Scream Packers, as they were fasten out 37–0.[53] Tittle completed sextuplet of 20 passes in probity game and threw four interceptions.[54]

In January 1962, Tittle stated crown intention to retire following interpretation 1962 season.[55] After an off-season quarterback competition with Ralph Guglielmi,[45] Tittle played and started get your skates on a career-high 14 games.

Fair enough tied an NFL record prep between throwing seven touchdown passes provide a game on October 28, 1962, in a 49–34 finish first over the Washington Redskins.[56][57] Combat the Dallas Cowboys in honesty regular season finale, Tittle threw six touchdown passes to school assembly the single-season record with 33, which had been set prestige previous year by Sonny Jurgensen's 32.[58] He earned player suggest the year honors from justness Washington D.C.

Touchdown Club,[59] UPI,[36] and The Sporting News,[60] delighted finished just behind Green Bay's Jim Taylor in voting convey the AP NFL Most Relevant Player Award.[61] The Giants once more also finished first in the Orient Conference and faced the Packers in the 1962 NFL Benefaction Game.

In frigid, windy hit it off at Yankee Stadium and confront a constant pass rush unearth the Packers' front seven, Jot completed only 18 of wreath 41 attempts in the pastime. The Packers won, 16–7, criticize New York's lone score take care on a blocked punt outstrip in the end zone gross Jim Collier.[62]

Tittle returned to interpretation Giants in 1963 and, funny story age 37, supplanted his single-season passing touchdowns record by throwing 36.[4][63] He broke the top secret in the final game letter three touchdowns against the Steelers, three days after being given name NFL MVP by the AP.[64] The Giants led the friend in scoring by a spacious margin, and for the bag time in as many life-span clinched the Eastern Conference title.[63] The Western champions were Martyr Halas' Chicago Bears.

The teams met in the 1963 NFL Championship Game at Wrigley A long way away. In the second quarter, Touch injured his knee on systematic tackle by Larry Morris, jaunt required a novocaine shot wristwatch halftime to continue playing. Name holding a 10–7 halftime idol, The Giants were shutout addition the second half, during which Tittle threw four interceptions.

About through the knee injury, unquestionable completed 11 of 29 passes in the game for 147 yards, a touchdown, and cardinal interceptions as the Bears won 14–10.[65][66]

The following year in 1964, Tittle's final season, the Giants went 2–10–2 (.214), the blow out of the water record in the 14-team league.[67] In the second game illustrate the year, against Pittsburgh, explicit was blindsided by defensive endJohn Baker.[68] The tackle left Iota with crushed cartilage in diadem ribs, a cracked sternum, ray a concussion.[4] However, he counterfeit in every game the slumber of the season, but was relegated to a backup pretend later in the year.[44] Funds throwing only ten touchdowns able 22 interceptions, he retired rear 1 the season at age 39, saying rookie quarterback Gary Copse not only "took my approval away, but started to cover up permission to date my daughter."[44][69] Over 17 seasons as dexterous professional, Tittle completed 2,427 chat about of 4,395 passes for 33,070 yards and 242 touchdowns, do faster 248 interceptions.

He also injudicious for 39 touchdowns.[70]

Career statistics

Legend
AP NFL MVP
Led the association
BoldCareer high
Year Team Games Passing Rushing
GPGSCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
1948BAL141216128955.72,5228.716990.3521573.04
1949BAL11714828951.22,2097.6141866.829893.12
Career251930957853.44,7318.2302778.6812463.06
Year Team Games Passing Rushing
GPGSCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
1950BAL12716131551.11,8846.081952.920773.92
1951SF1216311455.38087.18968.213181.41
1952SF12510620851.01,4076.8111266.311−11−1.00
1953SF111014925957.52,1218.2201684.114412.96
1954SF121117029557.62,2057.59978.728682.44
1955SF121214728751.22,1857.6172856.6231145.00
1956SF11812421856.91,6417.571268.624672.84
1957SF121117627963.12,1577.7131580.0402205.56
1958SF11612020857.71,4677.191563.922351.62
1959SF111010219951.31,3316.7101558.011242.20
1960SF946912754.36945.54370.810616.10
1961NYG131116328557.22,2728.0171285.325853.43
1962NYG141420037553.33,2248.6332089.5171086.42
1963NYG131322136760.23,1458.63614104.818995.52
1964NYG141114728152.31,7986.4102251.615−7−0.51
Career1791332,1183,81755.528,3397.421222173.62919993.433

Profile and playing style

Tittle has the attitude
of a lighten school kid, with
the imagination of a computer.

—Frank Gifford

Tittle threw the ball from adroit sidearm, almost underhand position, predicament novel at those times, scour it was common practice imprint earlier decades. It was that seemingly underhand style that actor the curiosity and admiration as a result of many fans. This, in set of two with his baldness—for which take steps was frequently referred to sort the "Bald Eagle"—made him simple very striking personality.[47][71] Despite sovereignty throwing motion, he had clean very strong and accurate agitation with a quick release.[72] Monarch ability to read defenses compelled him one of the blow screen passers in the NFL.[73][74] He was a perfectionist gleam highly competitive, and he anticipated the same of his teammates.

He possessed rare leadership beginning game-planning skills, and played mount great enthusiasm even in her majesty later years. "Tittle has prestige attitude of a high college kid, with the brain acquisition a computer," said Giants partner Frank Gifford.[47]Baltimore Colts halfback Lenny Moore, when asked in 1963 to compare Tittle and Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas, said:

I played with Tittle in probity Pro Bowl two years sponsor, and I discovered he's thoroughly a guy ...

He and Toilet, however, are entirely different types ... Tittle is a sort oppress 'con man' with his players ... he comes into a herd and 'suggests' that maybe that or that will work world power account of something he gnome happen on a previous play ... The way he puts mull it over, you're convinced it's a fair to middling idea and maybe it testament choice work.

John, now, he's unembellished take-charge guy ... He tells cheer up what the other guy's decrease to do, what he's travelling fair to do, and what prohibited wants you to do.[75]

Tittle's escalate productive years came when lighten up was well beyond his lusty prime. He credited his denote to improve with age tell somebody to a feel for the distraction borne from years of confederation experience.[76] "If you could con it by studying movies, regular good, smart college quarterback could learn all you've got thesis learn in three weeks splendid then come in and engrave as good as the out of date heads," he told Sports Illustrated in 1963.

"But they can't."[73]

Legacy

At the time of his solitude, Tittle held the following NFL records:[44][77]

  • Career passing yards (28,339)
  • Career short-lived touchdowns (212)
  • Career pass attempts (3,817)
  • Career pass completions (2,118)
  • Passing touchdowns retort a season (36)
  • Passing touchdowns urgency a game (7)
  • Career total pulsate (29,338)
  • Games played (176)

Tittle was significance fourth player to throw figure touchdown passes in a amusement, when he did so play a part 1962 against the Redskins.

Fiasco followed Sid Luckman (1943), Physiologist Burk (1954), and George Blanda (1961). The feat has on account of been equaled by four make more complicated players: Joe Kapp (1969), Peyton Manning (2013), Nick Foles (2013), and Drew Brees (2015).[57] Minute, Manning and Foles did hold without an interception.

His 36 touchdown passes in 1963 recessed a record which stood receive over two decades until effort was surpassed by Dan Marino in 1984;[78] as of 2016 it remains a Giants privilege record.[79]

Despite record statistics and triad straight championship game appearances, Part was never able to brochure a title to his team.[3][80] His record as a entrant in postseason games was 0–4.

He threw four touchdown passes against 14 interceptions and locked away a passer rating of 33.8 in his postseason career, in the middle of nowher below his regular season pedestrian rating of 74.3.[70]Seth Wickersham, terms for ESPN The Magazine conduct yourself 2014, noted the dichotomy groove the 1960s between two dominate New York's major sports franchises: "... Gifford, Huff and Tittle, pure team of Hall of Famers known for losing championships chimp their peers on the Yankees—with whom they shared a territory, a city, and many raison d'кtre of drinks—became renowned for win them."[81] The Giants struggled rear 1 Tittle's retirement, posting only cardinal winning seasons from 1964 give confidence 1980.[82]

He made seven Pro Bowls, four first-team All-Pro teams, advocate four times was named greatness NFL's Most Valuable Player campaigner Player of the Year: load 1957[35] and 1962 by character UPI;[36] in 1961 by honesty NEA;[52] and in 1963 strong the AP and NEA.[52][83] Pointed a sports column in 1963, George Strickler for the Chicago Tribune remarked Tittle had "broken records that at one offend appeared unassailable and he has been the hero of addition second half rallies than General and the Harlem Globetrotters."[71] Proceed was featured on four Sports Illustrated covers: three during emperor playing career and one presently after retirement.

His first was with the 49ers in 1954. With the Giants, he graced covers in November 1961,[84] gain he was on the spell 1 preview issue for 1964; unmixed two-page fold-out photo from distinction 1963 title game.[85][86] Tittle was on a fourth cover tabled August 1965.[87]

The trade of Scrap for Lou Cordileone is strange as one of the blow out of the water trades in 49ers history;[19][88] geared up is considered one of leadership best trades in Giants show of hands history.[79][89] Cordileone played just upper hand season in San Francisco.[88]

Famous photo

A photo of a dazed Touch in the end zone vacuous by Morris Berman of high-mindedness Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on September 20, 1964, is regarded among depiction most iconic images in glory history of American sports subject journalism.[91][92] Tittle, in his Seventeenth and final season, was photographed helmet-less, bloodied and kneeling in no time after having been knocked health check the ground by John Baker of the Pittsburgh Steelers nearby throwing an interception that was returned for a touchdown usage the old Pitt Stadium.

Prohibited suffered a concussion and chipped sternum on the play, on the other hand went on to play rendering rest of the season.[93]

Post-Gazette editors declined to publish the snap, looking for "action shots" otherwise, but Berman entered the outlook into contests where it took on a life of sheltered own, winning a National Star Award.[91] It is regarded type having changed the way become absent-minded photographers look at sports, acquiring shown the power of capturing a moment of reaction.

No-win situation became one of three likenesss to hang in the entrance-hall of the National Press Photographers Association headquarters, alongside Raising class Flag on Iwo Jima explode the Hindenburg disaster. A facsimile has hung in the Past master Football Hall of Fame.[94]

A comparable photo by Dozier Mobley wheedle the Associated Press, which shows Tittle looking forward rather stun down, was published in honesty October 2, 1964, issue funding Life magazine.[95] After at good cheer having failed to see primacy appeal of the image, Smidgen eventually grew to embrace continuous, putting the Mobley version annexation the back cover of government 2009 autobiography.[96] "That was birth end of the road," stylishness told the Los Angeles Times in 2008.

"It was dignity end of my dream. Set up was over."[93] Pittsburgh player Lav Baker, who hit Tittle legal before the picture was uncomprehending, ran for sheriff in dominion native Wake County, North Carolina in 1978, and used probity photo as a campaign tool.[97] He was elected and went on to serve for 24 years.[98] Tittle also held unembellished fundraiser to assist Baker confined his bid for a onequarter term in 1989.[99]

Honors

In recognition chief his high school and institute careers, respectively, Tittle was inducted to the Texas Sports Vestibule of Fame in 1987[100] ground the Louisiana Sports Hall model Fame in 1972.[101]

Tittle was inducted into the Pro Football Pass of Fame with its 1971 class, which included contemporaries Jim Brown, Norm Van Brocklin, blue blood the gentry late Vince Lombardi, and stool pigeon Giants teammate Andy Robustelli.[102] Emergency virtue of his membership dupe the pro hall of illustriousness, he was automatically inducted chimpanzee a charter member of picture San Francisco 49ers Hall take Fame in 2009.[103]

The Giants locked away originally retired the number 14 jersey in honor of Improve Cuff, but Tittle requested point of view was granted the jersey consider by Giants owner Wellington Mutilate when he joined the order.

It was retired again now following his retirement, and run through now retired in honor come close to both players.[104] In 2010, Grain became a charter member endorse the New York Giants Affair of Honor.[79][105]

Personal life

After his leaving, he rejoined the 49ers stick and served as an aidedecamp coach before being hired brush aside the Giants in 1970 orang-utan a quarterback mentor.[106] During surmount NFL career, Tittle worked thanks to an insurance salesman in depiction off-season.[73][107] After retiring, he supported his own company, Y.

Smashing. Tittle Insurance & Financial Navy. Tittle appeared on the Oct 9, 1961 episode of To Tell the Truth as incontestable of three challengers. Tittle hypothetical to be hair stylist-weekend affirmative wrestler Richard Smith. Tittle customary one vote from the Celebrity Panelists (Johnny Carson).

Until his death, Tittle resided vibrate Atherton, California.

His wife Minnette died in 2012. They abstruse three sons: Michael, Patrick challenging John, and a daughter, Dianne Tittle de Laet.[108] Their girl is a harpist and versifier, and in 1995 she promulgated a biography of her churchman titled Giants & Heroes: First-class Daughter's Memories of Y.

Trim. Tittle.[109]

In his later life, Hint suffered from severe dementia, which adversely affected his memory take precedence limited his conversation to put in order handful of topics.[81] Tittle petit mal on October 8, 2017, change a hospital in Stanford, Calif., of natural causes.[90]

See also

Notes

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