1. Michael Lockett Garrett was born on April 12,1944 and is an American former professional football player who was a running back for eight seasons in the National Football League and American Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers.
Mike Garrett played college football for the USC Trojans, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1965.
Mike Garrett was born on April 12,1944, in Los Angeles, California, the fourth of six children.
Mike Garrett was a resident of the Maravilla housing projects.
Mike Garrett graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, where he played defensive back and running back on the school's football team.
Mike Garrett had wanted to play college football at the University of California at Los Angeles, but the relationship did not work out.
Mike Garrett led the nation in rushing in 1965 with 267 carries for 1,440 yards.
Mike Garrett caught 36 passes, returned 43 punts, returned 30 kickoffs and threw 6 passes.
Mike Garrett was the first USC player to run for over 1,000 yards since 1927.
Mike Garrett won the Heisman Trophy after the 1965 regular season.
Mike Garrett set the benchmark for all the USC tailbacks who followed him.
Mike Garrett was a brother of the Alpha Kappa Chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity while a student at USC.
Mike Garrett is a member of The Pigskin Club of Washington, DC National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll.
Mike Garrett had been drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and there were rumors that he had an interest in playing for the Los Angeles Rams if they would make him their first pick, or that he had already signed with the Oakland Raiders.
Mike Garrett went on to play in the American Football League with Kansas City Chiefs from 1966 to 1969, and in 1970 for the Chiefs in the National Football League after the leagues merged.
Mike Garrett was a two-time AFL All-Star, in 1966 and 1967, and was selected first team All AFL in 1967.
Mike Garrett contributed 17 rushing yards, three receptions for 28 yards, and two kickoff returns for 43 yards in their loss.
Mike Garrett was the top rusher of Super Bowl IV with 11 carries for 39 yards and a touchdown, catching two passes for 25 yards and returning a kickoff for 18 yards.
Mike Garrett's touchdown came on head coach Hank Stram's iconic 65 Toss Power Trap play call.
Mike Garrett was drafted three times by professional baseball teams.
Mike Garrett was selected in the 41st round of the 1965 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates and by the Los Angeles Dodgers twice, in the fourth round of the 1966 MLB Draft and the 35th round of the 1970 MLB Draft.
In June of 1970, after winning Super Bowl IV, Mike Garrett announced he was going to give up football to play baseball for the Dodgers, a significant motivation being his wanting to be in Los Angeles.
Mike Garrett said the Dodgers never made him a reasonable offer, and he came back to football for the 1970 season.
Mike Garrett was the director of business development for the Great Western Forum, worked in the district attorney's office in San Diego and worked in various management positions, and was a youth counselor.
Mike Garrett worked in real estate and construction firms after leaving football.
Mike Garrett was unsuccessful in twice running for political office.
In January 1993, Mike Garrett returned to USC to become its sixth athletic director.
Mike Garrett came under fire when he hired the heavily criticized Pete Carroll as head football coach in 2001, but was vindicated when USC returned to status as a dominant football power.
In June 2013, Mike Garrett became athletic director at the historically black college, Langston University, an NAIA school in Langston, Oklahoma.
Mike Garrett resigned that position less than two years later.
Mike Garrett is a board member for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Ronnie Lott and is awarded annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.