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Position: | Defensive end | ||||
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Born: | Urbancrest, Ohio, U.S. | December 8, 1952||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 272 lb (123 kg) | ||||
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High school: |
Grove City ( Grove City, Ohio) | ||||
College: | Pittsburgh | ||||
NFL draft: | 1976 / Round: 3 / Pick: 55 | ||||
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Gary Steven Burley (born December 8, 1952) is a former American football player who played as a defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).
He played for the Bengals from 1976 to 1983, [1] and the Atlanta Falcons in 1984. [1]
Gary Burley graduated from Grove City High School in Grove City, Ohio, near Columbus, in 1971. [2]
After high school, Burley played football in 1971 and 1972 at Wharton County Junior College in Wharton, Texas. [3] Burley was offered a scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh, [4] where he was named a first-team All-American in 1974. [5]
Burley was drafted by the Bengals in the third round (55th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft. He was named to the 1976 NFL All-Rookie Team. He played in Super Bowl XVI in 1982, with the Bengals losing 26–21 to the San Francisco 49ers. In 8 seasons with Cincinnati, he played in 117 games, started 67, including all but 3 games his first 4 seasons. [6]
His 9th and final NFL season was with the Atlanta Falcons, playing 12 games, starting 8. [6]
In 2006, Burley founded the Pro Start Academy, a Birmingham, Alabama-based organization that "mentors young athletes and provides tips on how they can achieve success on and off the football field". [7]
Between 2011 and 2015, Burley survived life-threatening ailments including cancer, a bone marrow transplant, the loss of a kidney [8]—after 3 years of dialysis he received a kidney transplant and became an advocate for organ donations [9]—and a bout of salmonella poisoning in his knee that put him in a wheelchair for six months. His wife is Bobbie Knight, a longtime Alabama Power executive and the president of Miles College. [10] [11] They reside in Birmingham, Alabama. [12]
He hosts the Gary Burley Charity Golf Tournament at Greystone Country Club to benefit cancer research. [12]
No. 67, 73 | |||||
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Urbancrest, Ohio, U.S. | December 8, 1952||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 272 lb (123 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: |
Grove City ( Grove City, Ohio) | ||||
College: | Pittsburgh | ||||
NFL draft: | 1976 / Round: 3 / Pick: 55 | ||||
Career history | |||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||
| |||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||
| |||||
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Gary Steven Burley (born December 8, 1952) is a former American football player who played as a defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).
He played for the Bengals from 1976 to 1983, [1] and the Atlanta Falcons in 1984. [1]
Gary Burley graduated from Grove City High School in Grove City, Ohio, near Columbus, in 1971. [2]
After high school, Burley played football in 1971 and 1972 at Wharton County Junior College in Wharton, Texas. [3] Burley was offered a scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh, [4] where he was named a first-team All-American in 1974. [5]
Burley was drafted by the Bengals in the third round (55th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft. He was named to the 1976 NFL All-Rookie Team. He played in Super Bowl XVI in 1982, with the Bengals losing 26–21 to the San Francisco 49ers. In 8 seasons with Cincinnati, he played in 117 games, started 67, including all but 3 games his first 4 seasons. [6]
His 9th and final NFL season was with the Atlanta Falcons, playing 12 games, starting 8. [6]
In 2006, Burley founded the Pro Start Academy, a Birmingham, Alabama-based organization that "mentors young athletes and provides tips on how they can achieve success on and off the football field". [7]
Between 2011 and 2015, Burley survived life-threatening ailments including cancer, a bone marrow transplant, the loss of a kidney [8]—after 3 years of dialysis he received a kidney transplant and became an advocate for organ donations [9]—and a bout of salmonella poisoning in his knee that put him in a wheelchair for six months. His wife is Bobbie Knight, a longtime Alabama Power executive and the president of Miles College. [10] [11] They reside in Birmingham, Alabama. [12]
He hosts the Gary Burley Charity Golf Tournament at Greystone Country Club to benefit cancer research. [12]