Glad birthday to the late, nice Raiders quarterback, Daryle Lamonica!
Lamonica was a Twelfth-round choice within the 1963 NFL Draft and a Twenty fourth-round choice in that yr’s AFL draft. He determined to go play for the Buffalo Payments within the AFL quite than the Packers within the NFL after a school profession at Notre Dame, however he began simply 4 video games beneath heart for the Payments from 1963-66.
He joined the then-Oakland Raiders (coached by John Madden) and took over because the starter for the 1967 season, when he accomplished 51.8 % of his passes for 3,228 yards and 30 touchdowns en path to a 13-1 common season report. Two seasons later he’d throw a career-highs in yards (3,302) and touchdowns (34) and win one other 12 video games, however his manufacturing would decline over the subsequent 5 seasons and he retired after 1974.
Lamonica lived till April 21, 2022, when he handed away in his sleep at 80 years outdated.
Which brings us to in the present day’s quiz. Lamonica’s efforts in 1967 and 1969 make him considered one of simply 34 quarterbacks in historical past to report a number of 30-passing-TD seasons. What number of of these quarterbacks are you able to identify in 5 minutes?
Good luck!
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