- Dave Kocourek
-
Dave Kocourek Date of birth August 20, 1937 Place of birth Chicago, Illinois Position(s) Tight End College Wisconsin Jersey Number 83 Career highlights AFL All-Star 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 Honors AFL Champion (Chargers), 1963
AFL Champion (Raiders), 1967
All-Time All-AFL 2nd TeamRecords Only man to play in
7 AFL Championship GamesStats Statistics Teams 1959
1960
1961-1965
1966
1967-1968CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers
AFL Los Angeles Chargers
AFL San Diego Chargers
AFL Miami Dolphins
AFL Oakland RaidersDave Kocourek was an American college and Professional Football player who played collegiately at Wisconsin. As a professional, he played for the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1959, and then played for nine years as a tight end in the American Football League, from 1960 through 1965 for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers; for the AFL's Miami Dolphins in 1966; and for the AFL's Oakland Raiders in 1967 and 1968. He caught 55 passes for 1,055 yards in 1961 for 19.2 yards per reception, helping the Chargers win their second straight AFL West title. He was an AFL All-Star for four straight years, from 1961 through 1964, and was on the Charger team that defeated the Boston Patriots for the 1963 AFL Championship. He played in seven AFL Championship Games, the only man to do so; with the Chargers in 1960 and 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1965; and the Oakland Raiders in 1967 and 1968.
See also
- Kocourek served as a color commentator on NBC's AFL and NFL telecasts in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and teamed up with Mark Champion to broadcast Tampa Bay Buccaneers games on the radio in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
External links
San Diego Chargers 1963 AFL Champions Chuck Allen | Lance Alworth | George Blair | Frank Buncom | Reg Carolan | Sam DeLuca | Earl Faison | Gary Glick | George Gross | Sam Gruneisen | John Hadl | Dick Harris | Bobby Jackson | Emil Karas | Keith Kinderman | Dave Kocourek | Ernie Ladd | Bobby Lane | Keith Lincoln | Paul Lowe | Jacque MacKinnon | Paul Maguire | Gerry McDougall | Charlie McNeil | Bob Mitinger | Ron Mix | Don Norton | Ernie Park | Bob Petrich | Jerry Robinson | Don Rogers | Tobin Rote | Henry Schmidt | Pat Shea | Walt Sweeney | Dick Westmoreland | Bud Whitehead | Ernie Wright
Head Coach Sid Gillman
Coaches: Walt Hackett | Joe Madro | Chuck Noll | Bones TaylorCategories:- 1937 births
- Living people
- American Football League All-Star players
- American Football League All-Time Team
- American Football League announcers
- American Football League Champions
- Los Angeles Chargers (AFL) players
- Miami Dolphins (AFL) players
- National Football League announcers
- Oakland Raiders (AFL) players
- People from Chicago, Illinois
- Players of American football from Illinois
- San Diego Chargers (AFL) players
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.