Joe Auer
American football player (1941–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Auer (October 11, 1941 – March 9, 2019) was an American professional football player who was a running back in the American Football League (AFL) for the Buffalo Bills (1964–1965) and the Miami Dolphins (1966–1967), and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons.[2] He graduated from Coral Gables Senior High School in Coral Gables, Florida and played collegiately for Georgia Tech.
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Position: | Running back | ||||||
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Born: | (1941-10-11)October 11, 1941 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||
Died: | March 9, 2019(2019-03-09) (aged 77) Winter Park, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
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College: | Georgia Tech | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1963 / Round: 5 / Pick: 57 (by the Los Angeles Rams)[1] | ||||||
AFL draft: | 1963 / Round: 15 / Pick: 120 | ||||||
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He is most remembered for returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown for the Dolphins in their first regular-season football game in 1966, 95 yards against the Oakland Raiders.[3] Subsequently, he was the Dolphins' Most Valuable Player.