(1945-02-03) February 3, 1945 (age 79) Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:
190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:
Rex Mundi (Evansville, Indiana)
College:
Purdue (1963–1966)
NFL draft:
1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Career history
Miami Dolphins (1967–1980)
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (VII, VIII)
2× First-team All-Pro (1971, 1977)
6× Pro Bowl (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978)
NFL passing touchdowns leader (1977)
NFL completion percentage leader (1978)
2× AFL All-Star (1967, 1968)
Jim Thorpe Trophy (1971)
Bert Bell Award (1977)
Miami Dolphins Honor Roll
Miami Dolphins No. 12 retired
Dolphins Walk of Fame (2011)
Sammy Baugh Trophy (1966)
Consensus All-American (1965)
First-team All-American (1966)
Chicago Tribune Silver Football (1966)
2× First-team All-Big Ten (1965, 1966)
Career NFL statistics
Pass attempts:
3,429
Pass completions:
1,926
Completion percentage:
56.2
Passing yards:
25,092
TD–INT:
192–172
Passer rating:
77.1
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
Robert Allen Griese (/ˈɡriːsi/GREE-see; born February 3, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He earned All-American honors playing college football with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the Dolphins of the AFL.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of the 1970s, Griese led the Dolphins to a then record three consecutive Super Bowl appearances,[1] including two Super Bowl victories in VII and VIII,[2][3] the first of which capped off Miami's undefeated and untied 1972 season, the only such season in NFL history. Griese was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1984[4][5] and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990.[6] He later worked as a television commentator, calling NFL games for NBC Sports and college football for ESPN and ABC Sports. Griese is one of three quarterbacks from Purdue to win the Super Bowl (along with Len Dawson and Drew Brees).[7]
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^"The top 10 NFL quarterbacks of the 1970s | Fox Sports".
^"College Football Hall of Fame Inductees". Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
^"Indiana Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
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^"Super Bowl champion QBs by alma mater". newsday.com. February 2, 2020. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
and Sylverious "Slick" Griese. Slick owned a plumbing company in Evansville and died in 1955 when Bob was ten years old. Bob played baseball primarily...
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Dolphin starting quarterbacks include Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees BobGriese and Dan Marino, who together combined for 391 total starts and 239 wins...
Stockton provides play-by-play commentary, with Dolphins Hall-of-Fame QB BobGriese and former Dolphins WR Nat Moore providing color commentary. The radio...
rushing for 257 yards, and catching 27 passes for 208 yards. Quarterback BobGriese, the AFC's second leading passer, completed only 116 passes for 1,422...
former Miami Dolphins to have his jersey number (#39) retired—alongside BobGriese (#12, 1985) and Dan Marino (#13, 2000) -- with his being the most recent...
quarterback BobGriese broke his ankle in week 5, leaving backup Earl Morrall to start the remainder of the regular season, though Griese relieved Morrall...
Griese may refer to: BobGriese (born 1945), American football quarterback Brian Griese (born 1975), American football quarterback Friedrich Griese (1890–1975)...
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Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. BobGriese 15/23, 207 Yds, 6 TD, INT BobGriese, Bert Bell Award 1977 Miami Dolphins "1977 Miami Dolphins...
starting quarterback. In the fifth game of the regular season, starter BobGriese suffered a fractured right leg and dislocated ankle. In his place, 38-year-old...
rushing for 257 yards and catching 27 passes for 208 yards. Quarterback BobGriese, the AFC's second-leading passer, completed only 116 passes for 1,422...
Pro Football Hall of Fame Troy Aikman "HickokSports.com – Biography – BobGriese". Archived from the original on March 30, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2008...
regular season. But Miami also had a threatening passing game. Quarterback BobGriese, the AFC's leading passer and most valuable player, put up an impressive...
over the Miami Dolphins, 24-3. His 29-yard sack of Dolphin quarterback BobGriese (at the time an NFL record) is regarded as one of the most memorable plays...
franchise. Quarterback BobGriese retired after the season, following a 14-year career with the Dolphins. However, in Griese's final season the Dolphins...
in the capacity for two Hall of Fame quarterbacks in Johnny Unitas and BobGriese. An injury to Unitas in 1968 saw Morrall step in to start the season that...
Dawson, Eddie Wilson, Dick Wood, Joe Namath, Tom Flores, Rick Norton and BobGriese and recovered fumbles by Al Carmichael, Art Baker, Wayne Crow, Jacky Lee...
game featuring Alcorn State and Steve McNair. ABC intentionally kept BobGriese off of Michigan games during the 1995 season (per an ABC Sports policy)...
by future National Football League (NFL) quarterback BobGriese, won the 1967 Rose Bowl. Griese led Purdue to a second-place finish in the Big Ten Conference...
performance also tied the Dolphins franchise record, tying Hall of Famers BobGriese and Dan Marino, and his 469 passing yards ranks fourth in franchise history...
Young Statistics". Pro Football Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-09-14. "BobGriese Statistics". Pro Football Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-09-14. "Carson...
Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2023. "BobGriese Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference...
He is best known as a favorite passing target of Dolphins quarterbacks BobGriese and Dan Marino. Nat Moore is also credited as football consultant in the...
Roman Gabriel 1970 John Brodie — — John Brodie — — 1971 Alan Page — — BobGriese — — 1972 Larry Brown — — Larry Brown — — 1973 O. J. Simpson — — O. J....
and color commentators Merlin Olsen and BobGriese. Griese worked in a separate booth from Enberg and Olsen. Bob Costas and his NFL '85 castmates, Ahmad...
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