- A. J. Duhe
Infobox NFLretired
|caption=
position=Linebacker
number=77
birthdate=birth date and age|1955|11|27New Orleans, Louisiana
debutyear=1977
finalyear=1984
draftyear=1977
draftround=1
draftpick=13
college=Louisiana State
teams=
*Miami Dolphins (1977-1984)
stat1label=Sacks
stat1value=8.5
stat2label=Interceptions
stat2value=3
stat3label=Games
stat3value=108
nfl=DUH415290
highlights=
* 1xPro Bowl selection (1984)
* 2xAll-Pro selection (1981, 1983)
* 1977NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
HOF=
CollegeHOF=Adam Joseph Duhe (born
November 27 ,1955 ) is a formerAmerican football linebacker who played eight seasons for theMiami Dolphins from 1977 to 1984 in theNational Football League .Duhe played
college football atLouisiana State University and was drafted in the first round of the1977 NFL Draft and was theUPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year in hisrookie year. He was a one timePro Bowl er in 1984. Duhe was often injured in his career and was released prior to the 1985 season.Duhe is probably best remembered by the Dolphins for his performance in the 1983 (1982 season) AFC Championship Game against the New York Jets. The game was known as the Mud Bowl, with the field doused in water and mud after a heavy rainstorm, leaving the field in awful conditions. At halftime, the score was 0-0. A.J. Duhe put on his greatest performance ever by intercepting three of Jets QB Richard Todd's five interceptions, returning one 35 yards for a TD in the fourth quarter, clinching the 1982 AFC Title for the Dolphins by a score of 14-0, and sending Miami into Super Bowl XVII.
Played the Cleveland linebacker in the 1988 movie "Everybody's All-American"
External links
*http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DuheA.00.htm
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