Bob Davis (quarterback)

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name=Bob Davis
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position=Quarterback
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birthdate=birth date and age|1945|9|15
Neptune, New Jersey
deathdate=
debutyear=1967
finalyear=1973
AFLdraftyear=1967
AFLdraftround=2
AFLdraftpick=
college=Virginia
teams=
* Houston Oilers (1967-1969)
* New York Jets (1970-1972)
* New Orleans Saints (1973)
stat1label=TD-INT
stat1value=14-23
stat2label=Yards
stat2value=1,553
stat3label=QB Rating
stat3value=42.1
nfl=DAV688344

Robert Ellersie Davis, Jr. (born September 15, 1945 in Long Branch, New Jersey) is a former American football quarterback in the NFL. He played at the University of Virginia.

Davis played high school football at Neptune High School. [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DAVISBOB03 Bob Davis] , database Football. Accessed December 15, 2007.]

Davis was a resident of the Wayside section pf Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. [Harvin, Al. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D12FD3C54137A93C0A8178AD85F478785F9 "An Offseason Game; New Jersey Sports"] , "The New York Times", January 12, 1973. Accessed December 15, 2007. "When Bob Davis was a senior at Neptune (N.J.) High School he had a decision to make-play basketball, or football. He chose football. "I was actually a much better basketball player in high school than I was a football player," says Davis, now a resident of Wayside, N.J., and the backup quarterback to Joe Namath of the New York Jets."]

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