Gary Earl Huff was born on April 27,1951 and is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League.
12 Facts About Gary Huff
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Gary Huff graduated from Leto Senior High School in Tampa, Florida and played college football and baseball at Florida State University before becoming a professional football player and coach.
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Gary Huff was an All-American at FSU, leading the nation in touchdown passes in 1971 and 1972.
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Gary Huff played in the first annual Fiesta Bowl in 1971, passed for three touchdowns, and for the first time in college history had three receivers catch over 100 yards in the same game.
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Gary Huff was drafted with the 7th pick in the second round by the Chicago Bears in the 1973 NFL draft.
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Gary Huff played with the Bears for four years, two years with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and one year with the San Francisco 49ers.
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Gary Huff quarterbacked the first win in Buccaneers history in 1977.
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Gary Huff finished his 13-year playing career in 1985 as a player-coach for the USFL Memphis Showboats.
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Gary Huff's coaching career included Indiana University as offensive coordinator, the Memphis Showboats as passing coordinator, the Houston Oilers as quarterbacks coach, and the University of Kansas as offensive coordinator.
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Gary Huff was one of only three people during that time to have played, coached, and worked in administration in professional football.
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Gary Huff left football for a position with cellular telephone company C Spire, formerly Cellular South, in Ridgeland, MS as VP of Operations for eight years and worked as the CFO for the largest IBMinternational reseller in the world for four years.
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Gary Huff currently is the senior associate athletic director at Florida State University where he was the first Academic Football All-America in school history.