- Lynn Dickey
Infobox NFLretired
|caption= Dickey playing for theGreen Bay Packers .
width=
position=Quarterback
number=12
birthdate=birth date and age|1949|10|19Miami County, Kansas
deathdate=
debutyear=1971
finalyear=1985
draftyear=1971
draftround=3
draftpick=56
college=Kansas State
teams=
*Houston Oilers (1971-1975)
*Green Bay Packers (1976-1985)
stat1label=TD-INT
stat1value=141-179
stat2label=Yards
stat2value=23,322
stat3label=QB Rating
stat3value=70.9
nfl=DIC387604
highlights=
* 1xAll-Pro selection (1983)
*Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
HOF=Clifford Lynn Dickey (born
October 19 ,1949 , inMiami County, Kansas ) is a retired professional footballquarterback , who played for theHouston Oilers and theGreen Bay Packers in the 1970s and 1980s.High school
Dickey grew up in
Osawatomie, Kansas , where he led his high school football team to a state championship.College career
Dickey was recruited by
Kansas State University in 1967, and he soon became the topquarterback in theBig Eight Conference . Following his senior season in 1970, Dickey finished 10th in the voting for theHeisman Trophy and was named MVP of theEast-West Shrine Game . His 6,208 career passing yards stood as a record at Kansas State for 38 years, until it was passed byJosh Freeman in 2008.Professional career
Houston Oilers
Following graduation in 1971, Dickey was drafted in the third round of the
1971 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers, where he played four seasons.Green Bay Packers
In 1976 he was packaged in a trade to Green Bay involving
John Hadl . Dickey's career was more successful with the Green Bay Packers, from 1976 to 1985.The high point of Dickey's NFL career came in |1983 when he powered the Packers' offense to a then-team record 429 points. He threw for 4,458 yards, which was the third-highest total in NFL history at the time, and remains a team record. Dickey also threw an NFL-best 32 touchdowns that season and was named second-team All-NFC behind
Joe Theismann . Ironically, Dickey's Packers had beaten Theismann'sSuper Bowl championWashington Redskins in a thrilling "Monday Night Football " game earlier that season (Washington kicker Mark Mosley missed a field goal in the closing seconds, preserving the Packers' 48-47 win). The game remains the highest aggregate score in "MNF" history. Dickey retired from professional football after the 1985 season. He remains the third-leading passer in Green Bay history, behindBrett Favre andBart Starr .Personal life
After retiring from football, Dickey relocated to the greater Kansas City area where he opened a football-themed
restaurant . After a business partner was found to be unethical, he left the restaurant business for a career in public relations. Dickey has three grown daughters; Natalie, Meredith and Elizabeth and resides inLeawood, Kansas . He now works for the popular Kansas City AM station Sports Radio 810 on the show "Crunch Time", airing at 9:00 a.m.Honors
In 1996, when the
Big Eight expanded to theBig 12 Conference , theAssociated Press named Dickey as the All-Time Big Eight Quarterback.Kansas State University has retired the No. 11 to jointly honor Dickey and his successor at KSU,Steve Grogan . It is the only number retired by Kansas State's football program.Dickey is a member of the
Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and theKansas Sports Hall of Fame .External links
* [http://www.kshof.org/hof-profiles.cfm?record_id=40 Kansas Sports Hall of Fame biography]
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