- Ernie Warlick
Infobox Pro Football player
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Color=Blue
fontcolor=Red
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1932|7|21|mf=y
Birthplace=Washington, DC
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Position=Tight end
College=North Carolina Central
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PFR=WarlEr00
DatabaseFootball=WARLIERN01
Jersey=84
Stats=Y
Career Highlights=Y
Honors=American Football League Champion, 1964 and 1965
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years=1957-1961
1962-1965
teams=CFLCalgary Stampeders
AFLBuffalo Bills
CFLAllStar=1958, 1959, 1960
AFLAllStar= 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
HOF=Ernest "Ernie" "Big Hoss" Warlick (born
July 21 ,1932 inWashington, D.C. ) was anAmerican football tight end fromNorth Carolina Central University and played 4 seasons with theCalgary Stampeders of theCanadian Football League before joining theAmerican Football League 'sBuffalo Bills in 1962. He had an average of 17.2 yd/catch with the Bills, while the team earned three straight Eastern Division titles and two American Football League championships, and a 20.8 yd/catch average in 1964. In 1964, he helped the Bills win their first AFL championship game against theSan Diego Chargers , 20-7, when he caught two passes for 41 yards. In the 1965 AFL championship game, when offensive linemenBilly Shaw andDave Behrman were injured, Warlick helped bolster the Bills' offensive blocking in a double tight end offense. In that game, he also scored the first touchdown in the Bills' 23-0 victory over the Chargers, on an eighteen yard pass from Hall of Fame quarterbackJack Kemp .Distinguished Service Award in 2000.
ee also
*Other American Football League players
External links
* [http://www.remembertheafl.com/1965ToppsBills.htm#ErnieWarlick Warlick's 1965 Topps football card]
* [http://www.conigliofamily.com/KemptoWarlick.htm Montage of Kemp-to-Warlick TD pass]
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