Virgil R Carter was born on November 9,1945 and is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League and the World Football League from 1967 through 1976.
13 Facts About Virgil Carter
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Virgil Carter began his college career under first-year coach Tommy Hudspeth, taking over a program that had produced two winning seasons in the previous ten years.
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Virgil Carter led the NFL in pass completion percentage in 1971 and was third in overall passing.
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Virgil Carter completed 22 of 30 attempts for 273 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions.
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In 1973, the Bengals decided to go with Anderson as the starting quarterback, but Virgil Carter had to miss the entire season due to a broken collarbone.
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In 1974, Virgil Carter was traded to the San Diego Chargers for quarterback Wayne Clark, but opted to sign with the Chicago Fire of the new World Football League.
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The Chargers attempted to void the trade under the claim that Virgil Carter's collarbone had not healed, but the league approved the trade anyway.
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Virgil Carter was the WFL's leading passer in 1974 until an injury sidelined him in week eleven.
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Virgil Carter finished the season with 358 attempts completing 195 for 2629 yards.
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Virgil Carter threw 27 touchdown passes and was intercepted 16 times.
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Virgil Carter was a highly intelligent quarterback, who blossomed in Cincinnati under the West Coast system implemented by Bill Walsh, then the Bengals' quarterbacks coach and later head coach of the San Francisco 49ers.
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Virgil Carter is credited as one of the founding developers of a metric in football known as "Expected Points".
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Under the advising of Northwestern University professor Robert E Machol, Carter analyzed over 8000 plays from the 1969 NFL season, averaging results of 10-yard strips to determine the expected number of points a team should generate from each position on the field.