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Gordy Soltau was born on 25 January, 1925 in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., is an American football player (1925–2014). Discover Gordy Soltau'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 89 years old?

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Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 25 January, 1925
Birthday 25 January
Birthplace Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Date of death 26 October, 2014
Died Place Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1925

Gordon Leroy Soltau (January 25, 1925 – October 26, 2014) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for nine seasons with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).

He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Soltau served in the United States Navy as World War II broke out when he was graduating high school.

He was part of the first class of Frogman that specialized in underwater demolition, seeing action in the Pacific and Europe as part of the Office of Strategic Services.

1945

After the war ended in 1945, he attended the University of Minnesota, as coached by Bernie Bierman that saw him develop skills as receiver, placekicker and defense.

1950

25 years old at the time of the 1950 draft, Soltau was a third-round pick by the Green Bay Packers, but he was traded to the Cleveland Browns.

He was then asked if he wanted to be traded to the San Francisco 49ers to play, which he accepted.

As per the time, Soltau was used as both receiver and kicker during his career.

He caught fourteen passes for 170 yards with one touchdown in his rookie season of 1950 while making 26-of-28 extra points and making four of eight field goals.

He made the Pro Bowl the following year with more production given, as he caught a career high 59 passes for 826 yards for seven touchdowns, although he was just 6 of 18 on field goals.

He scored 26 points in a victory over the Rams that year, which was the 49er single game scoring record that stood for 39 years until broken by Jerry Rice.

He caught 55 passes for 774 yards with seven touchdowns in his third year for another Pro Bowl year to go with an All-Pro selection, which saw him catch 10 passes for 190 yards against the Giants.

1953

He had his best season as a kicker on extra points in 1953, kicking 48 of 49 extra points (both career and league highs) while having a career best field goal percentage of 66.7 in 10 made kicks of 15 attempts.

He was the first player with 6+ touchdowns and 10+ field goals made in the same season.

He had his final Pro Bowl year with 43 catches for 620 yards and six touchdowns.

1954

The 1954 season saw him catch 22 passes for 316 yards with two touchdowns.

Soltau, in 1954, went to work as a sales representative for the Schwabacher Brothers, a San Francisco printing, stationery and office supply company.

The firm was bought out by Diamond International, makers of Diamond matches, packaging material, folding cartons and corrugated.

Their other interests included sawmills, lumber, and building supplies.

Soltau rose to vice president in charge of sales for the West Coast and was executive vice president when he retired.

Soltau was the first player representative for the 49ers, when there were only 12 teams in the league at the time.

Many players had some issues with the owners and wanted to start a "Players Association".

The owners objected, particularly the ones from the oldest teams in the league, even threatening to cut players who participated.

However, a representative from each of the six younger teams in the league had their first meeting in Philadelphia that consisted of members from the Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, New York Giants, and the 49ers as represented by Soltau.

Bert Bell, commissioner of the league, was invited but didn't come.

There were three major issues on the table that the players wanted to discuss with the league: a pension plan, pay for exhibition games during training and playing shoes (at the time, players furnished their own shoes).

The players started a Players Association, with dues were $25.00 a year per player.

Soltau persuaded 49ers owner Tony Morabito to deduct it from the players' checks.

The rest of the teams refused, and the representatives had to chase players who hadn't paid around the locker room, in their favorite bar or in the parking lot to collect the $25.00.

1957

He caught 56 combined passes in his next four seasons for two touchdowns while having his moments kicking that ranged from making all 33 extra points in 1957 to going 3-of-12 in field goals in 1955 and closing his career with eight field goals made in 21 attempts.

He made the postseason once during the 1957 season, as the Niners were tied with the Detroit Lions for the right to play for the Championship Game.

He was successful on all three extra points and two field goals as the Niners jumped to a 27-7 lead in the third quarter.

However, the Niners gave up 24 unanswered points to lose 31-27.

In his career, he had 249 receptions for 3,487 yards and 25 touchdowns while being successful on 70 field goals and 284 extra points.

He was one of three players in NFL history to score 25 touchdowns and make 70 field goals in their career.

During this time in professional football most players had to have an outside job to survive the off-season.

1962

It took four years to get the owners to talk about the issues, and in 1962, the owners decided to put money in a pension plan.

The Players Association gradually disintegrated.

Then in the early sixties Vic Matland, a close friend to Art Rooney (owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers) came up with a plan and the philosophy "Caring For Kids" that owners could live with.

1966

Soltau for his work as a players' representative got the nickname "The Senator" (incidentally, Soltau later became a member of "Athletes for Reagan" during Reagan's first run for governor in 1966).