1. Ted Hendricks was a member of four Super Bowl-winning teams, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990 after being elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
46 Facts About Ted Hendricks
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Ted Hendricks is the first Guatemalan-born player in the NFL.
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Ted Hendricks was born on November 1,1947, in Guatemala City to a Guatemalan-born mother of Italian descent and an American father.
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Ted Hendricks's parents met in Guatemala while working for Pan American Airlines.
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Ted Hendricks was an honor student at Hialeah High School, where he competed in basketball, baseball, track and field and football.
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Ted Hendricks received 4 scholarship offers from the University of Miami.
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Ted Hendricks accepted the Academic scholarship and took the honors curriculum as a math major and psychology minor.
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Ted Hendricks is best known for his football prowess while playing stand-up defensive end for the University of Miami during the 1966 through 1968 seasons.
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Ted Hendricks was a three-time All-American and finished fifth in the 1968 Heisman Trophy voting.
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Ted Hendricks led the team in solo tackles by a defensive lineman with 139.
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Ted Hendricks recorded a career-high of 4 quarterback sacks against the University of Florida in 1968.
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The Ted Hendricks Award is given annually to college football's top defensive end.
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Ted Hendricks was initially listed as a defensive end, which is why he had the unusual number of 83.
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Ted Hendricks made 32 tackles and 2 sacks on the quarterback and knocked down 2 passes and blocked a field goal.
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Ted Hendricks played a key role in the Colts' 1970 Super Bowl V-winning season.
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Ted Hendricks recorded 2 blocked kicks and knocked down 5 passes.
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Ted Hendricks had the key sack of Oakland Raiders quarterback Daryle Lamonica in the AFC Championship Game, leading the Colts toward the Super Bowl.
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Ted Hendricks was chosen to the first of four All-Pro selections in 1971 by the Associated Press, Pro Football Writers of America, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, and Pro Football Weekly.
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Ted Hendricks had 63 tackles and picked off 5 passes while batting away 7 passes.
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Ted Hendricks recorded 5 sacks and blocked 2 more kicks.
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Ted Hendricks returned a fumble 31 yards for a touchdown.
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In 1972 Hendricks recorded 99 tackles, 6 sacks, knocked down 7 passes, intercepted two passes and blocked 2 field goals.
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Ted Hendricks was named second-team All-Pro in both 1972 and 1973 by the NEA, first team All-Conference both years by the AP, and United Press International named him first team All-Conference in 1972 and second team All-Conference in 1973.
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Ted Hendricks played out his option with the Colts who then traded him to the Packers.
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One week after signing to begin play in 1975 with the World Football League's Jacksonville Sharks, Ted Hendricks was traded along with a 1975 second-round pick from the Colts to the Green Bay Packers for Tom MacLeod and a 1975 eighth-round selection on August 13,1974.
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Ted Hendricks was then in the second straight option year of his NFL contract, and had one of his best seasons: five interceptions, seven blocked kicks and a safety, two sacks, 75 tackles, and two knocked down passes while again earning consensus first team All-Pro honors for the second time from the AP, Pro Football Writers, NEA and Pro Football Weekly.
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Ted Hendricks was used in the Raiders nickel defense and recorded 5 sacks in that role.
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Ted Hendricks recorded 4 sacks in a playoff win against the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Ted Hendricks played the weakside linebacker, since All-Pro Phil Villapiano played Ted Hendricks's strong-side; he made 57 tackles, 6 sacks, knocked down 5 passes while picking off one and blocking 2 punts.
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Ted Hendricks was second-team All-Pro for the first of three consecutive years.
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In 1977, Ted Hendricks moved back to the strong-side linebacker position due to Villapiano's injury and made 56 tackles, 2 sacks and knocked down 4 passes.
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Hendricks was All-Pro and All-AFC in the strike-shortened 1982 season as Hendricks made 28 tackles and seven sacks in just nine games while he deflected 2 passes.
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Ted Hendricks blocked the 25th kick of his career and was a part of the Raiders Super Bowl XVIII victory, though he did not record a defensive statistic.
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Ted Hendricks was a member of four Super Bowl-winning teams and was a Pro Bowl selection eight times, at least once with each of his three NFL teams.
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Ted Hendricks participated in eight Pro Bowl games, seven AFC championships, and four Super Bowls.
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Ted Hendricks was named first team All-Pro as a Colt in 1971, as a Packer in 1974, and twice as a Raider in 1980 and 1982.
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Ted Hendricks earned second-team All-Pro honors five other times.
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Ted Hendricks Ted Hendricks earned All-conference honors in 1971, '72, '74, '76, '80, '81 and '82, while being named 2nd-team All-AFC in 1973, '78 and '83.
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Ted Hendricks is the all-time kick blocker with 25, and in 2019 the NFL Football Journal named him the best punt and kick blocker of all time.
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Ted Hendricks had 26 interceptions, 16 fumble recoveries, and four safeties over his career.
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Ted Hendricks's final game was a Raiders victory in Super Bowl XVIII, starting at left linebacker.
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In 2019, Hendricks was selected as a member of the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.
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Ted Hendricks was named to the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team, and 1980s All Decade Team.
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Ted Hendricks became a member of the California Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Since 2002, the Ted Hendricks Award is presented to the most outstanding collegiate player at defensive end each year.
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Ted Hendricks has been awarded the Order of the Quetzal, the highest award for civilians, by his native Guatemala.