Dieter Brock

Dieter Brock
Dieter Brock
Date of birth: February 12, 1951 (1951-02-12) (age 60)
Place of birth: Birmingham, Alabama
Career information
CFL status: Import
Position(s): QB
College: Auburn, Jacksonville State
Organizations
 As coach:
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998

1999

2000-2004
2005

2006-Present
UAB (Offensive coordinator)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Offensive coordinator)
Ottawa Rough Riders (Offensive coordinator)
Alabama State (Offensive coordinator)
Meadowview Christian School (Offensive coord.)
Edmonton Eskimos (Co-Offensive coord./QB Coach)
Tusculum College (Offensive coordinator)
Cumberland University (Offensive coordinator)
Smiths Station High School (Offensive coord.)
 As player:
1974-1983
1983-1984
1985
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)
Los Angeles Rams (NFL)
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star: 1980, 1981
Awards: CFL MOP (1980 and 1981)
Playing stats at NFL.com
Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Ralph "Dieter" Brock (born February 12, 1951, in Birmingham, Alabama[1]), is a former Canadian Football League and National Football League player and now works as a coach. He is best remembered as the quarterback for the CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers where he led the league in passing for four years.[2]

Nicknamed "The Birmingham Rifle", Brock is the only Blue Bombers player to win back-to-back CFL Most Outstanding Player awards in the 1980 and 1981 CFL seasons. In 1981 Brock broke Sam Etcheverry's 1956 record of 4,723 passing yards with 4,796 yards. Brock started his illustrious pro football career as a little used back-up quarterback for the Bombers in 1974. That season the team traded away their aging star passer Don Jonas to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the much younger Chuck Ealey. About midway through the 1975 season Brock became the starter and that resulted in Ealey being sent to the Toronto Argonauts.

In 1983, Brock was traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for quarterback Tom Clements. This trade led to an exciting Grey Cup in 1984, as the Tiger-Cats and Blue Bombers faced each other in the championship game. Brock's Tiger-Cat team lost the game to Clements's Blue Bombers and Brock ended his career with many accomplishments, but without a Grey Cup victory. In 1985 Brock played for the Los Angeles Rams before retiring from football. Technically a rookie during his one season with the Rams, Brock led the team to an NFC Championship Game matchup with the Chicago Bears, and set team rookie records for passing yards (2,658), touchdown passes (16), and passer rating (81.8). All these records were still on the books at the end of 2006.

Brock still holds the Blue Bombers record for career passing yards with 29,623. In 2005, for the commemoration of the Blue Bombers 75th anniversary, Brock was named one of the 20 All-Time Blue Bomber Greats. He was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1995.

References

  1. ^ 12 February 1951 in Birmingham is given by "Dieter Brock". NFL Historical Players. NFL.com. http://www.nfl.com/players/dieterbrock/profile?id=BRO046920. Retrieved 2008-08-08. ;
    15 February in Gadsden is recorded by "Ralph Dieter Brock". Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. http://www.ashof.org/index.php?src=directory&view=company&srctype=display&refno=237&category=Football&search=Brockprofile. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
  2. ^ 2007 CFL Facts, Figures, and Records. Canadian Football League. p. 274. ISBN 9780973942521. 

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jeff Kemp
Los Angeles Rams Starting Quarterbacks
1985
Succeeded by
Jim Everett

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