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| *In the late-1960s Youngblood was part of the testing of what was then a thick, syrup-like drink called ], a beverage created by Doctors Robert Cade and Dana Shires, designed to help Gator athletes who had to practice and play in Central Florida heat. | *In the late-1960s Youngblood was part of the testing of what was then a thick, syrup-like drink called ], a beverage created by Doctors Robert Cade and Dana Shires, designed to help Gator athletes who had to practice and play in Central Florida heat. | ||
| *In 1986 He participated the ], an event to end hunger in the United States. Other NFL stars including Walter Payton and Tony Dorsett were also in the nation-wide hand-holding line. | *In 1986 He participated the ], an event to end hunger in the United States. Other NFL stars including Walter Payton and Tony Dorsett were also in the nation-wide hand-holding line. | ||
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Herbert Jackson Youngblood III (born January 26, 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida) is a former American football defensive end who played for 14 years for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League. Inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001, he was the third native Floridian to be elected.
After retiring from the NFL in 1985 he was a member of the front office for the Rams until 1991. In 1992, he joined the staff of the Sacramento Surge and then the administration of the Sacramento Gold Miners in 1993. He was a vice-president, then president of the Orlando Predators from 1994 until 1999. From 1999 through 2002 he served as the National Football League liaison for the Arena Football League.
High school career
The son of Herbert J. and Kay Youngblood, Jack had two sisters, Paula and Lynn. Youngblood attended Monticello-Jefferson County High School in Monticello, Florida, graduating in 1967. As an offensive lineman and linebacker, he was a starter on offense and defense and team captain of the state champion Tigers, earning All-State honors in 1966. He was also All-Big Bend, All-Conference and the Big Bend Linemen of the Year and the Outstanding Lineman for the Tigers that season while leading a defense that shutout seven opponents and allowed ten touchdowns in 12 games, including the state playoffs.
Youngblood was named to Florida's All-Time High school football team by Sports Illustrated in 1989. In November 2007, he was voted to the Florida High School Athletic Association's All-Century High School football team.
College career
1968
At the University of Florida, Youngblood earned a degree in finance and was a three-year varsity letterman. As a sophomore in 1968, Youngblood played defensive end and defensive tackle while also handling the kicking chores for the Gators, kicking a career-long 42-yard field goal to provide the three point winning margin in his first collegiate game which was against the Air Force Academy.
1969
In 1969 Youngblood was part of a 9-1-1 Gator team that upset the University of Tennessee Volunteers in the Gator Bowl in Ray Graves's final game as coach at Florida. Youngblood first gained national attention after an October 4, 1969, 5-sack performance 21-6 win versus instate rival Florida State University. He set a school record for sacks (14) in 1969 and finished his Gator career with 29 quarterback sacks.
1970
In 1970, Youngblood was voted All-American, while leading the team with 10 sacks. Additionally, he was a finalist for the Outland Trophy following the 1970 season and was voted the 1970 SEC lineman of the year. Some regard Youngblood, who was considered to be a good pass rusher, as the best defensive lineman in Gators history as well as one of the top five players in the University of Florida's football program.
| "My sophomore year, we were in Tallahassee and I ran a reverse very early in the game, and I remember being nailed by Jack Youngblood. I remember watching the ball being pitched to me and thinking, when the ball was about halfway, that it was kind of race to see whether he was going to get to the ball first or me. He was foaming at the mouth. I still have nightmares from the hit he gave me." |
| Florida State University wide receiver Barry Smith |
Youngblood was named to the SEC All-Conference team in 1970, which ended three winning seasons while at Florida. He entered the school at 195 pounds and put on 10 pounds a year through weight-lifting, finishing around 245 pounds. He was also the 1970 recipient of Florida's Forrest K. (Fergie) Ferguson Award, which goes the senior who displays outstanding leadership, character, and courage..
His performance in the Florida/University of Georgia rivalry earned him a spot in the Florida-Georgia game Hall of Fame as well. In the 1970 edition of the game, when Florida trailed Georgia by seven points and the Georgia offense had driven to Florida's 1-yard line, Youngblood stopped a Georgia running back short of the goal line and forced him to fumble and then recovered the loose ball beginning a rally that gained a come-from-behind 24-17 victory in what is known as "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party".
Awards and honors
After his college career, Youngblood played in the Senior Bowl and recorded four sacks. He was named the Outstanding Lineman of the Game and in 1989 was voted into the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame. Additionally he was voted a member of the 50th Anniversary Senior Bowl All-Time Team in 1999.
For his achievements he was selected to the All-Time SEC team in 1983. He was also voted to the All-SEC Quarter-Century Team (1950-74) as well as being voted to the 25-year All-SEC teams which spanned from the 1961 through the 1985 seasons. He was also voted best Defensive end in SEC for the years 1960-85. Additionally, he was voted to the SEC All-Decade team for the 1970s.
He was named to the All-Time Florida Gator teams both in 1983 and in 1999 as well as the 100-year Anniversary Gator Team in 2006. Youngblood is regarded as the best defensive end in Gator history despite producing NFL stars like Trace Armstrong, Kevin Carter, Jevon Kearse, and Alex Brown. In 1992, Youngblood was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.
In 1995, Youngblood was voted one of the SEC Football Legends and was presented at the SEC championship game in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1999, he was named to the Sports Illustrated NCAA Football All-Century Team as one of only six defensive ends named to the squad.
In 1996, Youngblood was voted to the Florida Sports Hall of Fame which features all great athletes who played college or professional athletics and have a Florida connection. Youngblood's election to the University of Florida Hall of Fame followed five years later, in 2001.
In 2006, Youngblood was among the first four Gator legends to be inducted into the Florida Football Ring of Honor, alongside Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel, and Emmitt Smith.
NFL career
Youngblood was drafted by the Rams in the first round of the 1971 NFL Draft.
Awards and honors
All-Pro five times (1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979) during his 14 years with the team and was All-NFC seven times. In addition to his 5 All-Pro seasons and 7 All-NFC seasons, Youngblood was second-team All-Pro in 1973, 1977, and 1980 and was second-team All-NFC in 1973 and 1984 and in addition to his seven pro bowls he was a first alternate in 1984, his final season. Youngblood was voted the Rams Outstanding Defensive Linemen by the Ram's Alumni nine times (1973, 1975-76, 1978-81, and 1983-84).
He is perhaps most famous for playing the entire 1979-1980 playoffs, including Super Bowl XIV, with a fractured left fibula. He also played in the 1980 Pro Bowl with the injured leg, a week after the Super Bowl. In the playoffs Youngblood sacked Roger Staubach near the sideline in the waning moments of the divisional playoff game versus the Dallas Cowboys. Playing with the cracked leg was noted by Sports Illustrated in their Top 10 list of athletes playing in pain. For that and other achievements Jack was dubbed the "John Wayne of football" by Jim Hanifan and echoed by Hall of Fame coach, John Madden. Hurbert Mizell of the St. Petersburg Times was more terse writing that, "Jack Youngblood of the Rams was something beyond heroic. Bordering on maniacal".
Despite that and numerous other injuries, Youngblood played in 201 consecutive games, a Rams team record; and only missed 1 game in his 14 year NFL career. He played in seven straight Pro Bowls, 5 NFC Championships, and one Super Bowl. He was also the Rams defensive captain from 1977 through 1984 and was voted the Dan Reeves award 3 times, which is awarded to the team's MVP. He had an uncredited 151.5 career sacks and led the Rams in sacks nine times despite playing first in assistant Coach Ray Malavasi's stop-the-run-first defensive scheme and then in his final two seasons in Defensive Coordinator Fritz Shurmer's 3-4 two-gap scheme which limited some pass rush opportunities to make sure the opponent's running game was handled. His highest single-season sack total was 18 in 1979.
In a December, 1975, 35-23 playoff win over the St. Louis Cardinals, Youngblood executed one of the all-time outstanding plays by a Rams defender. He pass-rushed Hall of Famer Dan Dierdorf off the line, penetrated, then tipped and intercepted a pass by Jim Hart, returning the interception 47 yards for a touchdown. Later in the game, Jack forced a fumble that was recovered by Fred Dryer, blocked an extra point attempt and sacked Hart to stop a Cardinal drive.
His streak of consecutive games played ended in week 15 of the 1984 season, when Youngblood had to sit out his first football game since being a collegiate player in 1970. He had suffered a ruptured disc in his lower back a week earlier. Despite the injury, he returned for the season finale against the 49ers and the playoffs. He attributed his ability to play to a series of back adjustments that allowed him more freedom of movement, even though team doctors told Jack he was out for the season and needed surgery. He was voted the Rams' recipient of the 1984 Ed Block Courage Award by "representing everything that is positive about professional football and serving as an inspiration in their locker rooms being a positive role model in his communities". The award also has an overcoming injury and/or tragedy aspect.
Youngblood was also honored as the NFC Defensive Player of the Year by United Press International in 1975 and Pro Football Weekly named Youngblood the NFL defensive lineman of the year. He repeated his NFC Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1976. Youngblood was also on the 1984 All-Madden team and was chosen by John Madden as the player who most exemplified the All-Madden team.
In 1997 Madden also selected Youngblood to his All-time Super Bowl team. In 2000, Sports Illustrated ranked Youngblood as #4 in its list of the greatest pass rushers of all-time, behind only Deacon Jones, Reggie White and Lawrence Taylor. He was named by writer Roy Williams of the Philadelphia Sun as one of the top 5 defensive ends of all time.
| "Jack Youngblood was a terror. He had a lot of heart; he played hard, he played tough, and he was as quick as a hiccup. He was on the small side but he had great pass rush moves, just a hellacious player." |
| Hall of Fame tackle Art Shell |
During his career, Jack won the respect of both teammates and opponents. Dan Dierdorf, a Hall of Fame tackle, said that Youngblood was "by far the toughest opponent I faced in my career", a thought echoed by Viking Hall of Fame tackle Ron Yary who said, "There wasn't anybody who was tougher to block than Jack." Other NFL greats such as Hall of Fame tackles Bob Brown and Rayfield Wright, rank Jack among the top players they faced.
Opposing quarterbacks also ranked Youngblood highly, with two of them, Fran Tarkenton and Roger Staubach, stating that Jack was the top defensive lineman they faced in their careers. Hall of Fame defensive tackle Merlin Olsen paid Youngblood the highest compliment by stating that Jack was the "perfect defensive end".
Running backs, too entered the chorus, “I remember bouncing off Jack Youngblood and it was just like a pillar of strength over there on the defense,” Rocky Bleier recalled. “Jack played hurt, he played tough, and he was a great opponent.”
Youngblood's style of play and ability to play hurt brought many notations in NFL lore, in 1996 NFL Films named him to their list of the 100 Toughest Players of All-Time and in 2006 NFL writer Neil Reynolds featured Youngblood in his 2006 book "Pain Gang" in which Reynolds names Youngblood as one of the 50 Toughest players of All-Time. In between, Blitz magazine, The Sporting News, Football Digest, and Sport magazine along with others have singled Youngblood out as one of the toughest and/or one of the hardest hitting players of all-time. He is currently featured on New York Jets TV as an All-time tough guy along with players like Dick Butkus, Jack Lambert and others.
To all the praise, the ever humble Youngblood responded, "I don't consider myself tough, I consider myself a nut for some of the things I did". Youngblood concluded, "I wasn’t the biggest guy, I certainly wasn’t the strongest and I wasn’t the fastest either. But I think one of my biggest assets was that I had an undeniable determination to be the best that has ever put his hand on the ground, I had a genuine desire to be great."
| I'd love to watch Jack Youngblood play. His tan arms hanging out of his sleeveless jersey, he'd put those pipes on the ground, and even at 240 pounds, he would show great moves and natural strength for an undersized player. He was extremely quick, had underrated strength, and he got great leverage against the tackles. |
| ESPN analyst Sean Salisbury |
When Jack retired in August, 1985, he made this statement at the press conference, "Pride, digity, respect and honor is how I want my career to be remembered". Youngblood repeated the those sentiments in the HOF acceptance speech by stating, "I didn't sack the quarterback every time I rushed the passer. I didn't make every tackle for a loss. I guess——no one could. But, it wasn't because I didn't have the passion to, the desire to. I hope that showed."
He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001 along with Ron Yary, Lynn Swann, Jackie Slater, Mike Munchak, Marv Levy, and Nick Buoniconti and inducted in August in Canton, Ohio. In October of 2001 he was honored in the St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame, along with Jackie Slater.
Youngblood was the Rams' NFLPA representative from 1975-78. He served served on the NFLPA executive committee from 1975 to 1977. He was voted Orange County, CA, Sportsman of the Year in 1983 and was roasted by former teammates Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, Pat Haden, and his coach John Robinson as part of the honor. He is also a member of the Los Angeles Rams 50th Anniversary Team, 1985, and the Ram All-Century Team chosen after the 1999 season.
Post-NFL career
Youngblood partnered with L.A. Rams teammate Larry Brooks to open "The Wild Bunch" in 1980, a western clothing store that featured high-end western wear, including cowboy boots, cowboy hats, silver belt buckles, jeans, and all else country.
Jack Youngblood appeared in two TV movies: C.A.T. Squad in 1986 and C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf in 1988. Youngblood played a Secret Service agent in the "Counter Assault Technical Squad" named John Sommers who was the "best weapons and munitions man in the business" and who was a fine secret service agent but hated big cities like Washington and New York and thus was banished to Alaska. In the plot line of the movies "John Sommers" also was a member of the Air Force Reserve who piloted SR-71 spyplane. Youngblood was nominated for an Emmy award for best supporting actor for his work in Python Wolf. In these films Youngblood starred along with Joe Cortese , Steve James , and Deborah Van Valkenburgh. Both movies were directed by William Friedkin who is most noted for directing The Exorcist, The French Connection, and the Boys in the Band.
Youngblood, in 1987, was voted to the Orange County (California) Sports Hall of Fame along with Pat McCormick, Ann Meyers and Cap Sheue.
In 1988 he authored (with Joel Engle) his autobiography entitled, "Blood". The book outlined Youngblood's drive and passion for professional football and reviewed his career, his injuries, his successes and failures on the football field. It was favorably reviewed by Publishers Weekly as "an unusual sports book". The Orange County Register's John Hall wrote about the work, "a bloody good book. Hardly just another jock diary".
After his retirement, Youngblood worked in Player relations and Marketing for the Los Angeles Rams from 1985-91 and served as the Rams' color analyst for the Rams Radio Network from 1987-91. In 1985-86 he also was a reporter and co-host for ESPN's Game Day show, alongside Chris Berman and was succeeded by current co-host, Tom Jackson in 1987. In 1988 he auditioned for CBS's NFL Today along with Dick Butkus, Lyle Alzado, and Gary Fencik, with Butkus being hired to fill the co-host slot.
Youngblood moved to the World League of American Football as the Director of Marketing for the Sacramento Surge in 1992. In his season with the Surge won the World Bowl in 1992, the only American team to do so. He moved to the Sacramento Gold Miners of the Canadian Football League in 1993. During his tenure at the Gold Miners, the club became the first U.S. team to play in the CFL as well the first to play, win, and host a CFL team, while setting a CFL record for most wins by an expansion CFL team (since broken). He also served as a color analyst for the both the Surge and the Gold Miners radio networks and hosted a sports radio talk show from in Sacramento.
In 1995 he returned to his native Florida as Vice-President and General Manager, then later as President, of the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League leaving in 1998. While president of the Predators he served as an alternate on the AFL’s Board of Directors. He was a member of the league's expansion and relocation committee and the drug awareness committee. One of his major projects with the Predators was taking the AFL team public. It is now traded under symbol PRED on the NASDAQ exchange. In 1998 the club won its first Arena League championship in 1998 beating the favored Tampa Bay Storm. In 1999 he began to work for the Arena league office as a liaison to the National Football League and served as a Special Consultant to the Arena Football League and arenafootball2.
In 1999 Sports Illustrated named Jack to its list of the 50 Greatest Sports Figures in the state of Florida's history.
Among the numerous charitable activities Youngblood was involved in were the 1974 NFL-USO tour to Viet-Nam and Southeast Asia. In 1977 Youngblood was the chairman of the Los Angeles-area "Right to Read" program and active in the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation. Also in 1977 he was the United Way spokesman for the Rams and was the club's Man of the Year nominee in 1975 and 1983. In April, 2007, Youngblood was inducted into the NFL Alumni Association’s prestigious Order of the Leather Helmet, which is the highest award for the NFL Alumni given to those "who make a lasting impression on the game". Jack has also been an Ambassador for Child Help USA, an organization benefiting abused children.
In his final 13 years in (1979-91) Los Angeles he sponsored a celebrity golf tournament for the John Tracy Clinic for Deaf Children and was active with programs at the Children's Hospital for Orange County. He was named the Orange County "Sportsman of the Year" by the Children's Hospital of Orange County in 1987. The award is presented annually to an accomplished athlete for his or her work for CHOC and the community.
Orange County Youth Sports Foundation celebrated the accomplishments of Youngblood in 1983 with the focus of the award being to recognize Jack's accomplishments and sportsmanship over his career that "served as an example for us and our children". Others who have been honored at an annual dinner have been Peter Uberroth, Edwin Moses, Jerry West, Carson Palmer, Bill Walsh, Matt Leinart among many others.
Other sponsorships and advertising ventures were a Miller Lite TV commercial in 1985 and Honda Power machines in 1985. He also had print ads for Pro Tron Weights, regional ad, 1984, Dan Post Handcrafted Boots, national print ad 1986, Cal-Gym, national print ad, 1986, and was a national spokesman for Protastonin in 2001. In the mid-1980s he also modeled Munsingwear briefs in a series of magazine and billboard ads. In the mid-1970s Jack did television commercials and print ads for In-N-Out Burger, a California-based fast food chain.
In the 1980s, in the first decade of ESPN, Youngblood was a regular guest on Star-Shot (1988), Sportslook (1984, 86, 88) and Great Outdoors (1989) programs. In 2000 Youngblood was hired as the co-host for Wall-Mart's Great Outdoors (with Bert Jones) and served in that capacity through 2003.
Since 2001 Youngblood has been the St. Louis Rams host for the Taste of the NFL charity event , a dinner held annually at the Super Bowl to raise funds for America's Second Harvest-The Nation's Foodbank Network.
Currently, Jack Youngblood is a Division President of Dave Liles Ethanol Fuels which produces a fuel additive that purports to boost octane, clean fuel systems, and help the environment by reducing engine emissions and being completely biodegradable.
Throughout his NFL career and after Youngblood has been a skilled public speaker being sought after by corporate, athletic, and Christian groups due to his activity and success in those arenas. He also attends hunting, fishing and golf outings when associated with a good cause. He also is active in the Orlando chapter of Young Life, a nationwide organization whose goals include attempting to mentor young men and women in the Christian faith . Jack's wife, Barbara Youngblood, serves on the Executive Committee for Young Life for the Orlando Chapter.
Youngblood serves on the Honorary Advisory Board of the St. Louis Rams along with notables like Bill Cosby, August A. Busch III, Jonathan Winters, Dick Gephardt, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Stan Musial, Maxine Waters, Dr. Toby Freedman, et al. Former members of the Rams Advisory Board, created in 1981, include, Lord David Westbury, former Ram and Evangelist Rosey Grier, Maureen Reagan, Henry Mancini, Bob Hope, Danny Thomas, Jane Upton Bell, former President Gerald Ford among others.
Prior to every season Youngblood is one of the University of Florida legends current Gator coach Urban Meyer calls in to create what he calls "The Gator Experience" to affirm traditions and to motivate his current UF teams.
The Deacon Jones Foundation honored Youngblood as a "Sack Master" by the in November, 2007. He will be honored with the late Reggie White, Deacon Jones, and Kevin Greene. Said Hall of Famer Deacon Jones, "I'm very proud to take the lead in finally paying homage to these angry men". "Don't get me wrong about the "angry men" thing," Jones adds. "These are all good guys, but you've got to be angry when you go out on the field and do what we do. And, it's about time they were recognized for it."
On January 1, 2008, Youngblood was, along with Michigan great Barry Larkin, the Team Grand Marshall of the Orlando Citrus Parade . The Florida Gators are hosting the Michigan Wolverines in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, FL., that same day.
Trivia
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- In the late-1960s Youngblood was part of the testing of what was then a thick, syrup-like drink called Gatorade, a beverage created by Doctors Robert Cade and Dana Shires, designed to help Gator athletes who had to practice and play in Central Florida heat.
- In 1986 He participated the Hands Across America, an event to end hunger in the United States. Other NFL stars including Walter Payton and Tony Dorsett were also in the nation-wide hand-holding line.
- In 2005 participated in the NFLPA's Fantasy Football game where fans could compete in fantasy football against not only Youngblood but Ron Jaworski, Moose Johnston, Fran Tarkenton, Thurman Thomas, and Ed McCaffrey.
- Fox News' Mike Straka listed Youngblood as having one of the NFL's "Great names".
- A game-used Jack Youngblood jersey sold for $6565 in a July, 2006, online auction.
- In 2007 Sports Illustrated named Youngblood the greatest professional athlete to wear the uniform number 85. Youngblood was also given the same honor in the 2004 book Right on the Numbers by Nino Frostino, and the Best Athletes by the Number blog.
- Youngblood is featured in All-Pro Football 2K8 with many notable football greats.
- Youngblood is the godfather of Logan Harrell, the son of former Florida Gator teammate Robert Harrell, and a highly recruited prep football player from Santa Margarita Catholic High School (Santa Margarita, CA). Logan has signed to play football at Fresno State.
- Barbara Youngblood's Kahlúa Cake recipe is featured along with 31 various other recipes in the Pro Football Greats Tackle Cooking: "Taste of the NFL" charity fundraiser. Other recipes featured are Bobby Bell's Sweet Potato Pie and Carl Eller's Apple Pie. Mrs. Youngblood's recipe was rated "Four forks", the highest possible and 100% of the reviewers said they would make the recipe again.
- One of Jack biggest fans, David G. Lewber, passed away on June 28, 2007. Mr. Lewber was buried in his autographed Jack Youngblood jersey a week later on July 3, 2007.
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- All-Madden, by John Madden
- CNNSI.com
- Philadelphia Sun.com
- QUOTES about Jack Youngblood
- Pro Football Weekly.com
- ESPN.com
- Pain Gang, by Neil Reynolds
- NFL.com
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- ibid
- Rams USA.com
- Pain Gang, by Neil Reynolds
- ibidibid
- New York Jets.com
- NFLFilms.com
- Pain Gang, by Neil Reynolds
- Wait over for Hall-bound Youngblood, ESPN.com
- Pro Football Hall of Fame.com
- Pro Football Weekly.com
- St. Louis Rams.com
- Crime Fighting Heroes of Television, by Vincent Terrace
- Joe Cortese
- IMDB.com Steve James
- IMDB.com Deborah Van Valkenburgh
- Orange County Sports Hall of Fame.org
- Amazon.com
- Orange County Register.com
- CNNSI.com
- Child Help USA.org
- John Tracy Clinic.org
- Orange County Youth Sports Foundation.org
- Taste of the NFL.com
- Nature's Second Harvest.org
- Dave Liles Ethonol Fiels.com
- ibid
- Wisse, Hollmann & Co., Online
- Younglife.org
- ibid
- St. Louis Rams.com
- Gainesville Sun.com
- Deacon Jones.com
- ibid
- Capital One Bowl Official website
- Capital One Bowl Official website
- Capital One Bowl Official website
- Fox News.com
- American Memorabilia.com
- CNNSI.com
- Right on the Numbers By Nino Frostino
- Best By the Numbers.com
- Super Prep.com
- Scout.com
- Epicurious.com
- Pro Football Greats Tackle Cooking, Epicurious.com
- Kahlúa Cake reviews, epicurious.com
- Cromwell's Corner.com
External links
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: Member profile
- College Football Hall of Fame: Member profile
- Photos of Jack Youngblood
- Q&A with Jack Youngblood
- Quotes by Jack Youngblood
- NFL Films about Jack Youngblood
| Preceded byLesley Bush Larry Echohawk Kwaku Ohene-Frempong Bob Lanier Mike Phipps Mike Reid |
Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA) Class of 1996 Marty Liquori Thomas Lewis Lyons Cliff Meely Kurt L. Schmoke Joe Theismann Jack Youngblood |
Succeeded byTommy Casanova Jack Ford David Joyner Edward B. Rust Jr. James Tedisco Herb Washington |
| Preceded byLawrence McCutcheon | Rams Most Valuable Player Award 1975-1976 |
Succeeded byLawrence McCutcheon |
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