Paul Lowe

Paul Lowe

Infobox Pro Football player


Caption=
Color=#0080FF
fontcolor=yellow
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1936|09|27
Birthplace= Homer, Louisiana
Position=Halfback
College=Oregon State
Jersey=23
AFLDraftedYear=1960
AFLDraftedRound= : Free Agent
Career Highlights=Y
Records=AFL All-time Rushing Avg,
4.89 yd/carry
Awards=1965 UPI, "TSN" AFL MVP
Retired #s=
Honors=American Football League
Champion, 1963

All-Time All-AFL Team
Chargers Hall of Fame
Stats=Y
PFR=LowePa00
DatabaseFootball=LOWEPAU01
years=1960
1961-1968
1968-1969
teams=AFL Los Angeles Chargers
AFL San Diego Chargers
AFL Kansas City Chiefs
TSNAllAFL=1960, 1965
AFLAllStar=1960, 1963, 1965
HOF=

Paul Edward Lowe (born September 27, 1936 in Homer, Louisiana) is a retired American football running back who played for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League from 1960 to 1969.

College career

Lowe attend Oregon State University and played football for the Beavers under legendary coach Tommy Prothro.

Professional career

After graduating from Oregon State University, Lowe played for the San Francisco 49ers during the 1959 pre-season. However, Lowe was unable to make the team and was released before the regular season began. He returned to Los Angeles, California to get a job to support his wife. He took a job in the mailroom for the Carte Blanche Credit Card Corporation, owned by the Hilton family.cite web | title=FIVE DAYS ‘TIL KICKOFF | publisher=chargers.com | url=http://www.chargers.com/news/headlines/five-days-til48603.htm | language=English | accessdate=2008-01-15]

In 1960, Barron Hilton, son of famed hotel magnet Conrad Hilton, was the owner of the Los Angeles Chargers, a start-up team in the newly formed American Football League. The Chargers General Manager, Frank Leahy, asked Lowe to come out to the Chargers training camp on the basis of his talents at Oregon State a few years back. Lowe joined the Chargers as a free agent. He returned his first touch of the football in the AFL for a 105-yard touchdown in the Chargers' first-ever exhibition game and led the team in rushing with 855 yards on 136 carries (6.3 yard average) and also had 23 receptions for 377 yards. In 1961, Lowe had the Chargers' longest run from scrimmage with an 87-yard run, a record that still stands today.

Lowe was the UPI and "Sporting News" American Football League MVP in 1965 with 1,121 yards rushing (14-game schedule). He was also a three-time all-American Football League selection. Lowe set a pro football record with six games in which he gained 100 or more yards on 14 or fewer carries. He has the AFL's all-time highest rushing average, at 4.89 yd/carry, and his career rushing total of 4,995 yards is second best all-time in the AFL. He is also one of only twenty players who were in the AFL for its entire ten-year existence.

Legacy

In 1970, the Pro Football Hall of Fame named Lowe as a halfback on the All-Time All-AFL Team. In 1979, the San Diego inducted him into the Chargers’ Hall of Fame. Lowe remains in San Diego to this day and supports his team as a season ticket holder.

ee also

*Other American Football League players

External links

* [http://www.remembertheafl.com/1965ToppsChargers.htm#PaulLowe Lowe's 1965 Topps footbal card]

References


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