Gary Keith Hogeboom was born on August 21,1958 and is an American former professional football player, real estate developer, and television personality.
26 Facts About Gary Hogeboom
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Gary Hogeboom played as a quarterback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Phoenix Cardinals, and Washington Redskins.
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Gary Hogeboom was a contestant on the CBS reality TV show Survivor: Guatemala.
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Gary Hogeboom accepted a football scholarship from Central Michigan University.
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Gary Hogeboom finished his career with 3,088 passing yards, 19 passing touchdowns, 957 rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns.
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Gary Hogeboom was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fifth round of the 1980 NFL draft.
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Gary Hogeboom was the third-string quarterback in his first 2 seasons.
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Gary Hogeboom completed 14 out of 29 attempts for 162 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.
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Gary Hogeboom began to garner attention and opened some eyes from Cowboys coaches and players alike with this performance.
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The rumblings for White to be benched got stronger and Gary Hogeboom began demanding to be traded.
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Gary Hogeboom started out well, completing 33 passes for 343 yards and one touchdown in a season opening win on Monday night on national TV against the Los Angeles Rams.
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Gary Hogeboom lost 2 contests, completing 70 passes for 978 yards, 5 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.
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Gary Hogeboom was assumed to be lost for the season and rookie Jack Trudeau was forced into the starting lineup and the team struggled through the season with thirteen straight losses.
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At this point the NFL Players Association chose to call a work stoppage and Gary Hogeboom was one of the handful of players who chose to cross the picket lines and keep playing.
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Since Gary Hogeboom's injury had healed, he was re-inserted as the starter, helping the team win against the Miami Dolphins, but lost against the New England Patriots.
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However, Gary Hogeboom was to again be injured in this game.
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Gary Hogeboom was the highest signed player with four-year $3.27 million contract and a $250,000 signing bonus.
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Gary Hogeboom was acquired because of Neil Lomax's problematic arthritic left hip, which eventually forced him to retire.
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The next year Joe Bugel was hired as the new head coach and Gary Hogeboom was waived on September 3,1990.
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Gary Hogeboom played for eleven seasons and passed for 9,346 yards, 49 touchdowns and 60 interceptions, along with 164 rushing yards and 4 rushing touchdowns.
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In 2005, Gary Hogeboom was a contestant on Survivor: Guatemala, the 11th season of the CBS reality TV show Survivor.
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Gary Hogeboom kept his professional sports past a secret and even claimed that he was a landscaper named Gary Hawkins.
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Gary Hogeboom did this out of fear that he would be eliminated right away if the other competitors assumed he was already wealthy, being a former NFL quarterback.
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Gary Hogeboom was eliminated on Day 30 and became the third jury member, after saving himself from elimination by using the hidden immunity idol at a previous Tribal Council; his elimination was unrelated to the issue of his true identity, simply coming down to the powerful alliance of Rafe Judkins, Stephenie LaGrossa, Cindy Hall, Lydia Morales, and Judd Sergeant voting off non-alliance members.
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Gary Hogeboom went down in Survivor history as the first person to ever find and play a hidden immunity idol at Tribal Council.
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Gary Hogeboom lives in Grand Haven, Michigan, where he is a private real estate developer.