1. Dennis Wendell Shaw was born on March 3,1947 and is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills, St Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and Kansas City Chiefs.
16 Facts About Dennis Shaw
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Dennis Shaw played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs.
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Dennis Shaw transferred from the University of Southern California and played prior to that at Mt.
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Dennis Shaw was drafted in the second round of the 1970 draft by the Buffalo Bills.
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Dennis Shaw was the third quarterback on the roster for the team next to Dan Darragh and James Harris.
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Dennis Shaw was named the starter for the following game against the New York Jets.
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For 1970 Dennis Shaw threw for 10 touchdowns and 20 interceptions.
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Dennis Shaw was plagued by fumbles, for which he had ten of in the season along with being sacked 41 times.
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Dennis Shaw was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press in 1970, becoming the first quarterback to ever receive the award since its 1967 inception; no quarterback would win again until Ben Roethlisberger in 2004.
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Dennis Shaw threw for 1,813 yards in twelve starts and thirteen appearances, having eleven touchdowns and 26 interceptions with a 51.2 completion percentage.
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Dennis Shaw saw action in four games, completing 22 of 46 passes for 300 yards and four interceptions.
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Dennis Shaw was traded to the Cardinals for Ahmad Rashad, reuniting Dennis Shaw with his college coach, Don Coryell; he threw eight total passes in two seasons with the Cardinals.
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Between playing football, Dennis Shaw did jobs such as insurance sales, business consultancy and carpet franchise supervision.
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Dennis Shaw was on the roster of the 1976 New York Giants and 1978 Kansas City Chiefs but never saw regular-season action for either team.
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Dennis Shaw applied to be coach at San Diego State in 1980, but he was denied, although he did call games on KSDO for the team in 1986 for a year.
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Dennis Shaw was to be offensive coordinator of the San Diego Thunder of the World Indoor Football League in 1988, but the league folded before playing a down.