College Colorado State AFL All-Star 1962, 1963, 1964 Jersey number 27 | Name Fred Glick Positions Safety Role American football player | |
Born February 25, 1937 (age 87)
Aurora, Colorado ( 1937-02-25 ) NFL Draft 1959 / Round 23 / Pick 266 Awards Member of the Colorado State University Hall of Fame Honors Voted to the Houston Oilers "Dream Team" All-Time Oiler team.Defensive backfield coach Univ. of Arizona(1969-72),Arizona State Univ.(1974-1978),St. Louis Cardinals,New York Giants, and New Orleans Saints. Head Coach Ottawa Roughriders of Canadien football League(1987). Records 1963 recorded 12 interceptions single season(14 games)AFL record.Also,credited with 27 tackles(assisted & unassisted)in regular season game against Buffalo Bills. | ||
Education Colorado State University | ||
Fred Glick: Football Safety
Frederick Couture Glick (born February 25, 1937) is an American former gridiron football player and coach. Glick played two seasons as a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cardinals franchise, in 1959, when the team was in Chicago, and following year when the team relocated to St. Louis. He went on to play six seasons in the American Football League (AFL), starting with the Houston Oilers in 1961, when the team won their second consecutive AFL Championship. Glick was an AFL All-Star in 1962, 1963, and 1964. In a 1962 game against the Buffalo Bills, he was credited with 27 tackles, which may be an AFL single game record. In 1963, he set an AFL single season record with 12 interceptions.
Glick as head coach for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1987 to 1988. He played college football at Colorado State University