Taz Anderson

Taz Anderson

Infobox NFL player


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Name=Taz Anderson
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DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1938|11|15|mf=y
Birthplace=Savannah, Georgia
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Height_ft=6
Height_in=2
Weight_lbs=220
Position=Tight endcite web|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/AndeTa00.htm|title=Taz Anderson|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=2007-03-24]
College=Georgia Tech
DraftedYear=1960
DraftedRound=7
Career Highlights=had best day catching 8 passes for 175 yards for Cardinals;longest play of the year for Falcons with 62 yard TD redception against Steelers in 1966.
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Awards=1961 Cardinals Rookie of the Yearcite web|url=http://www.gshf.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=387&Itemid=50|title=Taz Anderson|publisher=Georgia Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=2007-03-26] [Not to be confused with the NFL Rookie of the Year Award.]
Honors=All State High School Football,Honorable All American as fullback at Georgia Tech in 1959.Savannah Ga Football athlete of century,Georgia Sports Hall of Fame,Georgia Tech Athletic Hall of Fame
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SportsIllustrated= Back of week for play against Tennessee in 1959.
years=1961-1964 1966-1967
teams=St. Louis Cardinals Atlanta Falcons
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Taz Anderson (born November 15, 1938 in Savannah, Georgia) was an American football player who played at Georgia Tech and professionally for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Falcons. While at Georgia Tech, he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. In 2005, he was elected to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. [cite news|url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/092605aan.html|title=Anderson, Gaston Represent Tech in Ga Sports Hall of Fame Class|publisher=theacc.com|date=2005-09-26|accessdate=2007-03-24]

After his professional sports career, Anderson became an Atlanta-area realtor, [cite web|url=http://www.tazandersonrealty.com/realestateteam.html|title=Real Estate Team: Taz Anderson, Jr.|publisher=Taz Anderson Realty Company|accessdate=2007-03-24] and owns TazMedia and Taz Anderson Realty. [cite news|first=Mary Jane|last=Credeur|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2005/05/23/story6.html|title=Success after the cheering fades away|work=Atlanta Business Chronicle|date=2005-05-20|accessdate=2007-03-24] He helped create the Centennial Tower (a large olympic flame commemorating the 1996 Summer Olympics) next to The Varsity. [cite news|first=John|last=Dunn|url=http://www.gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/sum96/inside.html|title=Taz's Tower|work=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online|publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association|date=Summer 1996|accessdate=2007-03-24]

Anderson was also deeply involved with the Georgia Tech Athletic Association; for ten years, he was a trustee, and "has been [a] member of or chair of every major project for the Tech Athletic Association for the past 30 years."cite news|first=Gene|last=Asher|url=http://www.georgiatrend.com/features-sports-leisure/200611-legends.shtml|title=Tech Support: Football great Taz Anderson now scores fund-raising dollars for his school instead of points.|date=2006-11|accessdate=2007-03-24] He organized and served as developer of the 1985 renovation of Alexander Memorial Coliseum.

References

External links

* [http://www.tazandersonrealty.com/ Taz Anderson Realty Company]


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