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{{Short description|American football player (born 1969)}} |
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Charles Puleri is a former ] for the ] of the ]. |
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{{Infobox NFL biography |
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| name = Charles Puleri |
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| number = 7 |
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| position = ] |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|03|01}} |
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| birth_place = ], U.S. |
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| height_ft = 6 |
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| weight_lbs = 195 |
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| college = ] |
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| undraftedyear = 1993 |
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* ] ({{CFL Year|1993}}) |
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* ] ({{CFL Year|1994}}) |
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* ] ({{AFL Year|1995}}) |
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* ] ({{AFL Year|1996}}) |
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* ] (1997) |
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* ] ({{AFL Year|1998}}) |
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* ] ({{AFL Year|1999}}) |
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* ] ({{NFL Year|2000}})* |
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* ] (2001) |
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* ] ({{AFL Year|2002}}) |
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* ] ({{AFL Year|2003}}) |
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| aflstatlabel1 = Comp. / Att. |
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| aflstatvalue1 = 128 / 257 |
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| aflstatlabel2 = Passing yards |
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| aflstatvalue2 = 1,604 |
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| aflstatlabel3 = ]–] |
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| aflstatvalue3 = 20–14 |
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| aflstatvalue4 = 66.35 |
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'''Charles''' "'''Charley'''" '''Puleri''' (born March 1, 1969) is a former ] ]. |
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== Career == |
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Puleri signed to the ] in 1993. He spent the vast majority of his career in the ]s, playing at various points in his career with the ], ], ], ], ], ] and, during the 2000 preseason, the ]. Unusually for a quarterback, Puleri played ] in arena football, seeing limited playing time on defense and special teams.<ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.arenafan.com/players/Charles_Puleri-1304/ |
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|title=Charles Puleri |
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|publisher=Arenafan.com |
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|accessdate=2012-08-02}} |
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</ref><ref>{{cite news |
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|author=Associated Press |
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|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/060900/pro_060900129.shtml |
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|title=Cowboys sign QB Cunningham |
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|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |
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|publisher=Lubbock Online |
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|date=2000-06-09 |accessdate=2012-08-02}}</ref> |
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Puleri is best known for his time with the ] of the XFL. In 2001, Puleri, a native of ], signed with his hometown team. Puleri would be the starting quarterback in the XFL's first game, leading the Hitmen against the ] on national television. Puleri's tenure as the Hitmen's starting quarterback proved to be a disastrous embarrassment for both him and the league as a whole, as he was repeatedly sacked and turned the ball over numerous times, making the league's level of talent look bad and partially prompting the mass decline in viewers as the season progressed. After a short quarterback controversy, Puleri was benched in favor of ] (a former NFL backup for the ] and ]) during the second week of the season.<ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.all-xfl.com/nynjhitmen/team/roster/charlespuleri.htm |
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|title=NY/NJ Hitmen Roster: Charles Puleri |
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|publisher=All-xfl.com |
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|accessdate=2012-08-02}} |
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</ref> Puleri's struggles were later attributed to the ball's slippery texture, which was later solved by using ] and wirebrush to roughen the surface.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y05XzLR5Ty4|title=How the XFL solved the slippery ball problem with sandpaper|work=ESPN via Youtube|date=January 25, 2018|access-date=February 23, 2020}} (excerpt from ''This Was The XFL'')</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{New Mexico State Aggies quarterback navbox}} |
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{{London Monarchs quarterback navbox}} |
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{{Florida Bobcats starting quarterback navbox}} |
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{{Iowa Barnstormers starting quarterback navbox}} |
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{{Detroit Fury starting quarterback navbox}} |
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