- Charley Winner
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Charley Winner Position(s)
Head CoachJersey #(s)
NoneBorn July 2, 1924
Somerville, New JerseyCareer information Year(s) 1954–1992 Professional teams Career stats Win-Loss Record 44-44-5 Winning % .500 Games 93 Coaching stats at pro-football-reference.com Career highlights and awards - N/A
Charley Winner (born July 2, 1924) was a football coach whose professional and personal life was closely intertwined with that of Weeb Ewbank, another coach.
Winner was born in Somerville, New Jersey, and during World War II flew 17 missions in a B-17 Flying Fortress plane, spending six weeks in a German prisoner of war camp. Upon his release from the service, he played running back at Washington University in St. Louis, where Ewbank was head coach. After Ewbank moved on to coach for the Cleveland Browns, Winner took an assistant position with nearby Case Tech, and also served as a scout for the Browns. In 1950, he also married Ewbank's daughter.
When Ewbank was hired as head coach of the Baltimore Colts in 1954, Winner went along and helped the team capture NFL titles in both 1958 and 1959. At the conclusion of the 1962 NFL season, Ewbank was dismissed, but Winner stayed under new coach Don Shula from 1963 to 1965.
On February 10, 1966, Winner was hired as head coach of the St. Louis Cardinals. In five seasons at the helm, Winner managed a 35-30-5 record, but after failing to reach the postseason, was fired on January 6, 1971.
The Cardinals posted winning records in three of Winner's five seasons with the Cardinals, but fell achingly short of the playoffs each time. In 1966, the Cardinals started out 5-0 but lost four of their last five games to finish at 8-5-1 and in fourth place in the NFL East. In 1968, St. Louis finished one-half game behind the Cleveland Browns (9-4-1 to 10-4) in the NFL Century Division despite sweeping both regular-season meetings with the Browns. In 1970, St. Louis rolled to an 8-2-1 record at the end of November, including three consecutive shutouts over the Houston Oilers (44-0), Boston Patriots (31-0) and Dallas Cowboys (38-0 on Monday Night Football in Dallas). But with the NFC East championship in sight, the Cardinals stumbled in December, losing to the Detroit Lions, New York Giants and Washington Redskins to finish at 8-5-1 and in third place in the division behind Dallas and the Giants.
Winner wasn't out of work long, as he was soon hired by George Allen of the Washington Redskins. Winner worked two years for the Redskins, helping them reach the NFL playoffs during each season and their first Super Bowl berth ever in 1972. On February 1, 1973, he rejoined Ewbank as an assistant with the Jets and was also designated his successor following the end of the 1973 NFL season. Winner struggled to achieve success with the Jets, finishing 7-7 in 1974, needing to win the season's final six games to reach the .500 mark. The following year saw the team win only two of the first nine games, a decline that resulted in his dismissal on November 19, three days after a 52-19 loss to the Colts.
Two months later, Winner was hired as an assistant with the Cincinnati Bengals, spending the next four years with the team before once again being fired following the 1979 NFL season. Renewing acquaintances with Don Shula in 1981, Winner was hired to serve as player personnel director for the Miami Dolphins. He spent two years in that role before shifting to pro personnel, performing many of the same duties as a general manager, especially negotiating player contracts. On June 1, 1992, he announced his retirement.
Head coaching record
Team Year Regular Season Post Season Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result STL 1966 8 5 1 .615 4th in NFL Eastern - - - STL 1967 6 7 1 .462 3rd in Century Division - - - STL 1968 9 4 1 .692 2nd in Century Division - - - STL 1969 4 9 1 .308 3rd in Century Division - - - STL 1970 8 5 1 .615 3rd in NFC East - - - STL Total 35 30 5 .536 - - - NYJ 1974 7 7 0 .500 3rd in AFC East - - - NYJ 1975 2 7 0 .222 T-4th in AFC East - - - NYJ Total 9 14 0 .391 - - - Total 44 44 5 .500 - - - External links
Preceded by
Walt MichaelsNew York Jets Defensive Coordinator
1973Succeeded by
Richard VorisChicago / St. Louis / Phoenix / Arizona Cardinals head coaches Paddy Driscoll (1920–1922) • Arnold Horween (1923–1924) • Norman Barry (1925–1926) • Guy Chamberlin (1927) • Fred Gillies (1928) • Dewey Scanlon (1929) • Ernie Nevers (1930–1931) • LeRoy Andrews (1931) • Jack Chevigny (1932) • Paul J. Schissler (1933–1934) • Milan Creighton (1935–1938) • Ernie Nevers (1939) • Jimmy Conzelman (1940–1942) • Phil Handler (1943–1945) • Jimmy Conzelman (1946–1948) • Phil Handler & Buddy Parker (1949) • Buddy Parker (1949) • Curly Lambeau (1950–1951) • Phil Handler & Cecil Isbell (1951) • Cecil Isbell (1951) • Joe Kuharich (1952) • Joe Stydahar (1953–1954) • Ray Richards (1955–1957) • Pop Ivy (1958–1961) • Chuck Drulis, Ray Prochaska, & Ray Willsey (1961) • Wally Lemm (1962–1965) • Charley Winner (1966–1970) • Bob Hollway (1971–1972) • Don Coryell (1973–1977) • Bud Wilkinson (1978–1979) • Larry Wilson (1979) • Jim Hanifan (1980–1985) • Gene Stallings (1986–1989) • Hank Kuhlmann (1989) • Joe Bugel (1990–1993) • Buddy Ryan (1994–1995) • Vince Tobin (1996–2000) • Dave McGinnis (2000–2003) • Dennis Green (2004–2006) • Ken Whisenhunt (2007– )
New York Titans / Jets head coaches Sammy Baugh (1960–1961) • Bulldog Turner (1962) • Weeb Ewbank (1963–1973) • Charley Winner (1974–1975) • Ken Shipp (1975) • Lou Holtz (1976) • Mike Holovak (1976) • Walt Michaels (1977–1982) • Joe Walton (1983–1989) • Bruce Coslet (1990–1993) • Pete Carroll (1994) • Rich Kotite (1995–1996) • Bill Parcells (1997–1999) • Al Groh (2000) • Herman Edwards (2001–2005) • Eric Mangini (2006–2008) • Rex Ryan (2009– )
Baltimore Colts 1958 NFL Champions Alan Ameche | Raymond Berry | Ordell Braase | Ray Brown | Jack Call | Milt Davis | Art DeCarlo | Art Donovan | L. G. Dupree | Dick Horn | Don Joyce | Ray Krouse | Big Daddy Lipscomb | Lenny Lyles | Gino Marchetti | Lenny Moore | Jim Mutscheller | Steve Myhra | Andy Nelson | Buzz Nutter | Jim Parker | Bill Pellington | Sherman Plunkett | George Preas | Billy Pricer | Bert Rechichar | Johnny Sample | Alex Sandusky | Leo Sanford | George Shaw | Don Shinnick | Jackie Simpson | Art Spinney | Avatus Stone | Dick Szymanski | Carl Taseff | Fred Thurston | Johnny Unitas
Head Coach Weeb Ewbank
Assistant Coaches Herman Ball | John Bridgers | Bob Shaw | Charley WinnerBaltimore Colts 1959 NFL Champions Alan Ameche | Raymond Berry | Ordell Braase | Ray Brown | Ed Cooke | Milt Davis | Art DeCarlo | Art Donovan | L. G. Dupree | Alex Hawkins | Don Joyce | Ray Krouse | Hal Lewis | Big Daddy Lipscomb | Gino Marchetti | Marv Matuszak | Lenny Moore | Jim Mutscheller | Steve Myhra | Andy Nelson | Buzz Nutter | Jim Parker | Bill Pellington | Sherman Plunkett | George Preas | Billy Pricer | Bert Rechichar | Jerry Richardson | Johnny Sample | Alex Sandusky | Dave Sherer | Don Shinnick | Jackie Simpson | Mike Sommer | Art Spinney | Dick Szymanski | Carl Taseff | Johnny Unitas
Head Coach Weeb Ewbank
Assistant Coaches Herman Ball | Don McCafferty | John Sandusky | Charley WinnerCategories:- 1924 births
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