Russell John Lisch was born on July 16,1956 and is an American former professional football quarterback in the National Football League.
10 Facts About Rusty Lisch
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Rusty Lisch played five seasons for the St Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Bears.
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In five seasons in the NFL, Rusty Lisch only managed one touchdown versus 11 interceptions, and ended his career with a 25.1 passer rating.
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Rusty Lisch is considered by many to be one of the least effective quarterbacks in NFL history, if not the least effective, to have started multiple games.
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At the University of Notre Dame, Rusty Lisch was part of Dan Devine's first recruiting class in 1975.
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Rusty Lisch started the first three games of 1977, but then yielded the starting job to Joe Montana.
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Rusty Lisch began his professional football career as the third-string quarterback with the St Louis Cardinals.
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Rusty Lisch, after all, was a fourth-round pick who had backed up Joe Montana at Notre Dame.
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One year later, with both Jim McMahon and Steve Fuller injured, Rusty Lisch started a game for the Bears against Green Bay, but played so poorly that coach Mike Ditka berated Rusty Lisch before benching him late in the first half; Ditka inserted running back Walter Payton at quarterback.
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Rusty Lisch's son is former professional basketball player Kevin Lisch.