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Sam Etcheverry was born on 20 May, 1930 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S., is an American gridiron football player (1930–2009). Discover Sam Etcheverry's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 20 May 1930
Birthday 20 May
Birthplace Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S.
Date of death 29 August, 2009
Died Place Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality Mexico

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Sam Etcheverry Height, Weight & Measurements

At 79 years old, Sam Etcheverry height is 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) and Weight 190 lb (86 kg).

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Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg)
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Sam Etcheverry Net Worth

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1930

Samuel Etcheverry (May 20, 1930 – August 29, 2009), nicknamed "the Rifle", was a professional American and Canadian football player and head coach.

1932

They won 32–22 and 11–4 to advance to the 58th Grey Cup championship game versus the Calgary Stampeders.

In a muddy natural grass field (the last for a Grey Cup for over a decade) detested by both teams in Toronto, Montreal prevailed 23–10.

The next year, they went 6–8 and missed the playoffs after Ottawa beat them on tiebreakers.

They finished 4–10 the next year, but as three teams were guaranteed to make it from the East, Montreal's one game advantage over fourth place Toronto meant a playoff berth.

Facing Ottawa in the semifinals, they lost 14–11 to the Rough Riders.

1949

Known as "the Rifle", Etcheverry played for the University of Denver from 1949 to 1951 where he still holds most of the Pioneers' football records for passing offense.

1952

In 1952, Etcheverry joined the Montreal Alouettes of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (which became part of the Canadian Football League in 1958 and was renamed the Eastern Football Conference in 1960).

1953

As his team's quarterback, he was twice voted "Most Outstanding Player" of the eastern union and was named an eastern all-star six times (1953–1957, 1960).

1954

Etcheverry played the quarterback position, most famously with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, and was named Canadian football's Most Outstanding Player in 1954.

Etcheverry's jersey #92 is one of seven retired by the Alouettes.

In 1954, Etcheverry was awarded the Schenley Award (most outstanding player in the Canadian Rugby Union).

Etcheverry set a single-game passing record of 586 yards in 1954 that stood for 39 years until the 1993 CFL season.

He also set a season passing record in 1954 of 3,610 yards that was not only a CFL record but also eclipsed the NFL record set in the 1947 NFL season by Pro Football Hall of Famer Sammy Baugh of the Washington Redskins.

He led the CFL in passing from 1954 to 1959.

1955

Etcheverry still holds the record for most passing yards in a Grey Cup game with 508 set in a loss to the Edmonton Eskimos in the 1955 game.

1956

In 1956, he became the first professional quarterback to pass for over 4,000 yards; his record of 4,723 passing yards would stand until 1981 when it was passed by Dieter Brock and Dan Fouts.

1960

A sports icon in the city of Montreal, when Etcheverry and star receiver Hal Patterson were traded to the last-place Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1960, it caused an enormous public outcry and led to Etcheverry leaving the Canadian Football League and signing with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League, playing for St. Louis during 1961–62.

1963

During 1963 Training Camp, he was demoted to third string by the Cardinals, and asked to be released from his contract.

After the Cardinals released him, he signed with the San Francisco 49ers, but was released before the 1963 season started.

1964

Etcheverry returned to Canada in 1964 as the head coach of the Quebec Rifles of the United Football League.

1967

The league folded at the end of the season and Etcheverry remained out of coaching until 1967 when he became an assistant at Loyola College in Montreal.

1969

On December 9, 1969, Etcheverry was hired to coach the Alouettes.

In his first season, he led the Alouettes to a 3rd place finish in the Eastern Football Conference with a 7–6–1 record (worst out of the six teams that qualified for the playoffs in the league, which had nine teams at the time that gave three spots to both conferences).

They beat Toronto 16–6 to advance to the best-of-2 Eastern Finals against Hamilton.

Etcheverry was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1969 and was an inaugural inductee into the University of Denver Athletics Hall of Fame upon its formation in 1996.

1972

He resigned at the end of the 1972 CFL season.

His overall record is 14–24–1.

1982

In 1982, he became the general manager and president of the Montreal Concordes.

1983

Etcheverry was fired shortly before the start of the 1983 season and head coach Joe Galat replaced him as general manager.

Following the demise of the Concordes, Etcheverry joined a group interested in bringing an NFL franchise to Montreal.

1988

He was one of the group's representatives at the 1988 NFL owners meeting.

2006

Etcheverry is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and in 2006, was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#26) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.

Etcheverry was the son of Basque sheep farmers who emigrated to New Mexico.

In November, 2006, Etcheverry was chosen 26th amongst the CFL's 50 Greatest Players in a TSN poll.

2009

Etcheverry died of cancer in Montreal on August 29, 2009.