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Height:
  
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Name
  
Charles Puleri


Weight
  
88 kg

Undrafted:
  
1993

Positions
  
Quarterback

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Date of birth:
  
(1969-03-01) March 1, 1969 (age 46)

College
  
New Mexico State Aggies football

Place of birth:
  
New York, New York

High school:
  
New York (NY) Lehman

Charles "Charley" Puleri (born March 1, 1969) is a former professional football quarterback.

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Career

Puleri signed to the Sacramento Gold Miners in 1993. He spent the vast majority of his career in the minor leagues, playing at various points in his career with the Miami Hooters, Texas Terror, Iowa Barnstormers, Detroit Fury, Buffalo Destroyers, London Monarchs and, during the 2000 preseason, the Dallas Cowboys. Unusually for a quarterback, Puleri played ironman in arena football, seeing limited playing time on defense and special teams.

Puleri is best known for his time with the New York/New Jersey Hitmen of the XFL. In 2001, Puleri, a native of New York City, signed with his hometown team. Puleri would be the starting quarterback in the XFL's first game, leading the Hitmen against the Las Vegas Outlaws on national television. Puleri's tenure as the Hitmen's starting quarterback proved to be a disastrous embarrassment for both him and the league as a whole, as he was repeatedly sacked and turned the ball over numerous times, making the league's level of talent look bad and partially prompting the mass decline in viewers as the season progressed. After a short, kayfabe quarterback controversy, Puleri was benched in favor of Wally Richardson (a former NFL backup for the Baltimore Ravens and Atlanta Falcons) during the second week of the season.

References

Charles Puleri Wikipedia