Don Milan

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Don Milan
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Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1949-01-12) January 12, 1949 (age 75)
Glendale, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Santa Ynez (CA) Valley Union
College: Cal Poly
Undrafted: 1971
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Pass attempts:32
Pass completions:15
Percentage:46.9
TD – INT:1-1
Passing yards:181
QB rating:62.1

Don Milan is a former quarterback in the National Football League. He spent five seasons in the NFL. In his fifth year, with Green Bay, Milan was briefly the Packers' starting quarterback when head coach Dan Devine made a much-publicized midseason trade for Los Angeles Rams quarterback John Hadl. [1]

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Early life

After graduating from Santa Ynez High School, Milan quarterbacked Cal Poly from 1968 through 1970. In his top season of 1970, he threw for 1,236 yards on 64-for-118 accuracy with 11 touchdown passes, and added 479 rushing yards on 89 carries, while earning All-CCAA Team and CCAA Back of the Year award honors [2] [3] and leading Cal Poly to an 8-2 record. [4]

A speech major, Milan graduated with a total of 2,348 passing yards.

Professional football

Milan signed as an undrafted free agent with Oakland in April 1971. [5] After being waived by the Raiders in the summer of 1972 the Kansas City Chiefs signed him in July. A month later they traded him back to the Raiders for "future considerations".

During the preseason of 1972, Milan threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Mike Siani in the Raiders' 34-9 exhibition win over the Rams. [6]

On September 10, 1974, the Raiders cut Milan and in October the Los Angeles Rams signed him to be their number three quarterback. The Rams had traded John Hadl to Green Bay elevating James Harris to starter and number three quarterback Ron Jaworski to the backup position. Milan dressed but never played in a game for the Rams who waived him the following September. Milan didn't clear waivers, the Packers signed him to backup Hadl in Green Bay.

In the 1976 preseason, prior to retiring, Milan went 5-of-8 passing for 78 yards against Tampa Bay. Milan announced his retirement in August 1977.

NFL Statistics (Regular Season)
YearTeamGPGSComp.Att.Yds.LGTDINT
1975 / Career GB 7115321815611

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References

  1. ↑ "Don Milan". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Cal Poly's Milan heads writers' all-CCAA team". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. December 4, 1970. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "Poly dominates all-league grid team". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. December 8, 1970. p. 6.
  4. ↑ "Poly star Milan with Packers". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. August 14, 1976. pp. B4.
  5. ↑ "Oakland grabs Mustang". Mustang Daily. April 27, 1971. p. 4.
  6. ↑ "Rookie scores TD pass". Mustang Daily. August 24, 1972. p. 8.

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