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  Dan Fouts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dan Fouts (born June 10, 1951 in San Francisco, California) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers from 1973 through 1987.
Fouts first few years in the league were inauspicious, but with the arrival of Don "Air" Coryell in 1978 the Chargers fortunes turned.
Dan Fouts is one of only six quarterbacks in NFL history that have achieved two consecutive (back-to-back) 30-touchdown passing seasons at least one time in their careers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dan_Fouts   (494 words)

  
 NFL.com: NFL - HOF chat: Dan Fouts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Dan Fouts: This is a great weekend for the Hall of Fame and it's great to back in Canton and especially to see how generous the league has been to invite the members back.
Dan Fouts: The 1982 AFC Divisional Playoff is the one everybody remembers most so I'm forced to recall that one a lot.
Dan Fouts: I think John Unitas is the greatest QB of all time and I rank myself as a proud member of the Hall of Fame.
www.nfl.com /news/hof/000728fouts.html   (568 words)

  
 NFL.com - NFL Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Fouts was the lead analyst for ABC's Monday Night Football for two seasons and is currently paired with Keith Jackson on ABC's coverage of college football.
Fouts' 15-year broadcasting credits include covering the Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl, the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, the Aloha Bowl, ABC's Superstars, NFL's "Air it Out," ABC's "Battle of the Gridiron Greats," "John Madden's Super Bowl Special" and the NFL playoffs.
By the late '70s, Fouts had become one of the top quarterbacks in the league and was on his way to a Hall-of-Fame career.
www.nfl.com /nflnetwork/fouts_dan   (511 words)

  
 TSN Presents - Football's 100 Greatest Players
Fouts was a master at the quick-hitting pattern, but he also had extraordinary peripheral vision and stood fearlessly in the pocket, waiting for someone to get open as the world collapsed around him.
Teammates marveled at the presence Fouts brought to the huddle.
Fouts, a six-time Pro Bowl selection, never led his team to the championship he craved, but he did get the Chargers to the AFC title game after the 1980 and '81 seasons.
archive.sportingnews.com /nfl/100/92.html   (377 words)

  
 NFL Europe.com - NFL News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Dan Fouts is currently a colour commentator for ABC's Monday Night Football and will hope to call his nephew's name in future NFL broadcasts.
Fouts also admits there is a flip-side to being related to such a legend of the game as critics wonder if his famous name got him his opportunities on the football field.
Fouts is honest enough to realise the Chargers may have been influenced to sign him by Dan Fouts, but he insists life is all about taking advantage of opportunities that come your way.
www.nfleurope.com /news/archive/19032001_foutslead   (977 words)

  
 Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Dan Fouts, an All-Pac 8 quarterback at the University of Oregon, was the third-round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers in 1973.
Fouts was the AFC Player of the Year in 1979 and then, in 1982, he was named the NFL Most Valuable Player by the Pro Football Writers of America, the AFC Player of the Year by United Press International and the NFL Offensive Player of the Year by Associated Press.
Still, Fouts completed 15 passes for 185 yards and the Chargers’ only touchdown, a 33-yard pass to Kellen Winslow, in a hard-fought loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=71   (385 words)

  
 foutart1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Fouts, a native San Franciscan, is the son of Bob Fouts, who was the play-by-play broadcaster for the 49ers in the 1950’s and ‘60’s, when Dan was growing up.
Fouts is considered to be around the most courageous of men in a business where courage is a prerequisite and he is one of the game’s fiercest competitors, but he subscribes to the philosophy that all things should be held in perspective.
Fouts enrolled at the University of Oregon, the only Pacific Eight (now Pacific Ten) school to recruit him, and he quickly established a reputation for dramatic entrances when, in his first game, he filled in for the injured Tom Blanchard in the second half against California and pitched the ducks to a 31–24 win.
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 Chargers.com - Fouts became successful thanks to sharp wit, drive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Dan Fouts was swept into the Hall of Fame in 1993, his first year of eligibility, a dream that was impossible when he was a boy growing up in San Francisco and accompanying his dad, Bob, to 49ers’ training camp and practices.
Fouts never reached the magic 4,000 yards after 1981,but he averaged a very respectable 3,200 yards over the last six seasons of his career, and when he retired in the spring of 1988, a few weeks away from his thirty-seventh birthday, everyone knew he could have played longer, for the Chargers, or for someone else.
Dan Fouts has had runs as an NFL commentator with CBS and ABC, the later as part of the ill-fated pairing with comedian Dennis Miller (and Al Michaels).
www.chargers.com /news/headline_detail.cfm?news_key=2386   (1930 words)

  
 SignOn San Diego Chargers -- Charismatic Fouts put the air in Air Coryell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Fouts personified it as much as Don Coryell, the coach whose designs the Chargers orchestrated during the late '70s and into the '80s.
Bob Fouts said it was the only advice he ever gave his son, who would play quarterback, all right, play it with his arm and his heart and his mind through 15 seasons with the Chargers, play it arguably as well as any man of his time.
Fouts never sought sympathy, but at times he would be fl and blue from his hips to his ankles.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/sdbest/19991227-0010_1s27fouts.html   (967 words)

  
 Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
Confident and determined, Fouts was the heart-and-soul of the Chargers attack during a period from 1978 until 1985 when they dominated the NFL in both total offense and passing offense.
Fouts, who had been on a 125-day, self-imposed exile in the Oregon back country during the law suit, returned for the llth game of the 1977 season.
Fouts was enduring injury after injury -- three shoulder injuries, two concussions and various damage to the knee, groin and calf.
www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=danfouts   (1939 words)

  
 Dan Marino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dan attended Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he also starred in baseball, and won Parade All-American honors in football.
In early 2004, Dan Marino briefly returned to the Miami Dolphins as Senior Vice President of Football Operations, but resigned from the newly-created position only three weeks later, saying that the role was not in the best interest of either his family or the Dolphin organization.
Dan Marino was a first-ballot selection to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dan_Marino   (1473 words)

  
 Dan Fouts -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Fouts played in the (Click link for more info and facts about Pro Bowl) Pro Bowl six times (1979 - 1983 and 1985) and was elected to three.
Fouts was elected to the (Click link for more info and facts about Pro Football Hall of Fame) Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
Yet it was actually two years earlier, with the arrival of (Click link for more info and facts about Bill Walsh) Bill Walsh as the Charger's offensive coordinator, that the seeds of success were planted.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/dan_fouts.htm   (528 words)

  
 Chargers: History: Chronology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Dan Fouts sets a club record with 444 yards passing and Chargers 44-7 victory over the N.Y. Giants is most one-sided by a San Diego team since 1969.
Dan Fouts passes for 330 yards and three touchdowns, Chuck Muncie rushes for 161 yards, and Charlie Joiner catches six passes for 191 yards as the Chargers rout Cleveland 44-14 before 78,904 fans in Cleveland in the season opener on Monday Night Football.
Dan Fouts ties club records with 444 yards passing and 33 completions and Chargers have three receivers with more than 100 yards receiving as San Diego beats Super Bowl XVI champion San Francisco, 41-37.
www.chargers.com /history/chronology_80s.htm   (1522 words)

  
 ABC Sports - Dan Fouts to reunite with Keith Jackson
Dan Fouts, an NFL Hall of Famer and former All-Pro quarterback with the San Diego Chargers, has signed a multi-year deal with ABC Sports to return to college football.
Fouts joined ABC Sports as a college football analyst in June, 1997, and was paired with Brent Musburger for two full seasons before moving to West Coast games with Keith Jackson in 1999.
A native of San Francisco, Fouts first gained national attention as a record-setting quarterback for the Ducks at the University of Oregon, where he and teammate Ahmad Rashad played under future NFL coaches George Seifert and John Robinson.
espn.go.com /abcsports/pressreleases/s/2002/0502/1377155.html   (408 words)

  
 San Diego Chargers (1961-Present)
With Dan Fouts taking a step backward by throwing just 2 TD passes to 10 interceptions and RB Don Wood suffering a sophomore jinx the Chargers start the season in tail spin losing their first 11 games.
Air Coryell would see Dan Fouts set a record with 4 straight 300-yard passing games as he passed for 4,082 yards on the season, with WR John Jefferson and Charlie Joiner reaching surpassing 1,000 yards in receptions.
The Chargers offense was flying high as Dan Fouts passed for 4,715 and 30 TD passes, as John Jefferson, Charlie Joiner and Kellen Winslow eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in receptions.
www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nfl/sandiego/chargers.html   (4534 words)

  
 Dan Fouts
Dan Fouts compiled an amazing record as a San Diego Chargers’ quarterback - 15 seasons, 3,297 passes for 43,040 yards, 254 TDs, 13 TDs rushing, six Pro Bowls, two NFL MVPs, and three All-Pro.
He led the NFL in passing for four seasons and broke a record for 4,082 yards passing in a single season.
Fouts was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
www.bashof.org /inducteebios/dfouts.htm   (100 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Dan Fouts
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dan-Fouts   (923 words)

  
 HickokSports.com - Biography - Dan Fouts
Selected by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 1973 NFL college draft, Fouts became the team's starting quarterback before the end of his rookie season.
He set an NFL record with 4,082 yards passing in 1979 and extended it to 4,715 yards in 1980 and to 4,802 yards in 1981.
Fouts ranks sixth all-time in yardage and 10th in touchdown passes.
www.hickoksports.com /biograph/foutsdan.shtml   (257 words)

  
 Fouts' addition to ABC booth watered down
Fouts, in his role as a bowl-game banalyst, kept repeating the same inanity until sidekick Brent Musburger let him have it.
Fouts doesn't need to get windy, for no other reason than their probably won't exist much airtime between Miller and Al Michaels.
Fouts isn't as personable as Dandy Don Meredith or Alex Karras or maybe even Dan Dierdorf (though he's a sight better than Fred Williamson).
www.post-gazette.com /tv/20000629thebig.asp   (799 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Fouts
Dan Fouts, the Hall of Fame former quarterback, said that his hands and feet are still sensitive from the frostbite he suffered during a storied subzero battle...
He had had remarkable success against Dan Marino and Dan Fouts, the prime exponents of the rhythm method of during the '80s, and his theory was that if you're...
ABC analyst Dan Fouts said, "Oklahoma and LSU are lucky they don't have to play Southern Cal." As a battalion of cameras tried to capture the final moments in...
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 Fouts looking forward to his 'biggest game' / Announcer says Fiesta Bowl rates No. 1 in 15 years of broadcasting
DAN FOUTS had a succinct response when asked where tonight's ABC telecast of the national championship game between Miami and Ohio State rates in his broadcasting career.
Fouts and Loomis said they're aware of the dangers of overpreparing for the telecast.
Fouts is not one of those people who believes the Hurricanes will punish Ohio State the way they punished Nebraska in last year's title game, a 37-14 rout in the Rose Bowl.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/03/SP80291.DTL   (790 words)

  
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Fouts was named the American Football Conference player of the year by The Sporting News and United Press International in 1979 and by UPI in 1982, when he was selected as the NFL player of the year by the Professional Football Writers Association.
A three-year starter at quarterback for the University of Oregon, Fouts was overlooked by All-American selectors because he played for mediocre teams that won only 15 games while losing 17 and tying 1.
During his 15 years in the NFL, Fouts completed 3,297 of 5,604 passes for 43,040 yards, second only to Fran Tarkenton, and 254 touchdowns, fourth on the all-time list.
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 DBSXpress.com
Spanish Dr. Dan Fouts discusses the changing attitude of Americans with regard to medical care, and suggests answers to the anti-aging questions being...
Dr. Dan Fouts discusses the changing attitude of Americans with regard to health care, and suggests answers to the anti-aging questions being asked.
Dr. Dan Fouts discusses the changing attitude of Americans with regard to medical care, and suggests answers to the anti-aging questions being asked.
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 Dan Fouts Posters Framed and Unframed
Dan Fouts Posters are good for decorating any room in your house.
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All our Dan Fouts Posters and Posters are available framed, unframed or mounted.
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 Monday Night Football - Fouts, Dan
A native of San Francisco, California, Dan first gained national attention as a record-setting quarterback for the Ducks at the University of Oregon, where he and teammate Ahmad Rashad played under future NFL coaches George Seifert and John Robinson.
In 1998, Fouts made his big-screen debut when he and partner Brent Musburger portrayed themselves in the hit film, "The Waterboy," starring Adam Sandler.
He was among the first athletes signed to endorse Nike products in the early '70s, and in 1990 was honored by the company when they named a building after him at the Nike World Headquarters Walk of Fame in Beaverton, Oregon.
espn.go.com /abcsports/mnf/columns/fouts_dan/bio.html   (515 words)

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