Cotton Davidson

"Cotton" Davidson (#19) as quarterback for Baylor against Houston in 1952

No. 19, 18

Position:

Quarterback

Personal information

Date of birth:

November 30, 1931

Place of birth:

Gatesville, Texas

Height:

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight:

182 lb (83 kg)

Career information

College:

Baylor

NFL draft:

1954 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5

Career history

Career highlights and awards

American Football League champion (1962)
2× AFL All-Star (1961, 1963)
1961 AFL All-Star Game MVP

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Francis Marion "Cotton" Davidson (born November 30, 1931) is a former American football quarterback. Davidson attended Baylor University, and played professionally for the National Football League's Baltimore Colts (1954, 1957), and the American Football League's Dallas Texans (1960–1962) and Oakland Raiders (1962–1968). Davidson also played quarterback for the Fort Bliss Falcons in 1955 to 1957. A game between the Fort Bliss Falcons and the Fort Sill, Oklahoma Cannoneers was played for a trophy called "The Little Brown Dud." The Cannoneers won the game and took home the Little Brown Dud. Cotton was awarded ALL ARMY QUARTERBACK in 1955.

Davidson was selected in the first round of the 1954 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts. In addition to playing quarterback, he also was a placekicker and punter. An original Dallas Texan, Davidson was the first starting quarterback for the franchise.

On July, 2, 1962, the Texans signed Len Dawson, thus ending his career as the Dallas quarterback. After the 1962 season opener, he was traded to the Oakland Raiders for the first overall selection in the 1963 American Football League Draft, which was used by the Chiefs to select future Hall of Famer Buck Buchanan. Just two weeks later, Davidson started at quarterback in his first game with the Raiders. Playing against his former team, he threw for 248 yards and rushed for a touchdown in a 26-16 loss to the Texans.

The high moments of his career were being selected to the American Football League All-Star Game twice: in 1961 and in 1963. He was honored as the MVP of the 1961 AFL All-Star Game while with the Texans.

Jack Price (1945–1947)
Adrian Burk (1948–1949)
Larry Isbell (1950–1951)
Cotton Davidson (1952–1953)
Billy Hooper (1954)
Bobby Jones (1955)
Doyle Traylor (1956–1957)
Buddy Humphrey (1958)
Ron Stanley (1959–1960)
Bobby Ply (1960–1961)
Don Trull (1962–1963)
Terry Southall (1964–1966)
Kenny Stockdale (1965)
Alvin Flynn (1967)
Steve Stuart (1968–1969)
Si Southall (1970–1971)
Neal Jeffrey (1972–1974)
Mark Jackson (1975–1976)
Steve Smith (1977–1978)
Mike Brannan (1979–1982)
Jay Jeffrey (1980–1981)
Cody Carlson (1983–1986)
Tom Muecke (1984–1985)
Brad Goebel (1987–1989)
J. J. Joe (1990–1993)
Jeff Watson (1994–1997)
Jermaine Alfred (1996–1999)
Greg Cicero (2000–2002)
Guy Tomcheck (2000)
Kerry Dixon (2000)
Josh Zachry (2000–2002)
Aaron Karas (2001–2003)
Shawn Bell (2003–2006)
Dane King (2004)
Terrance Parks (2004–2005)
Blake Szymanski (2006–2009)
Michael Machen (2007)
Kirby Freeman (2008)
Robert Griffin (2008–2011)
Nick Florence (2009, 2012)
Bryce Petty (2013–2014)
Seth Russell (2014–2015)
Jarrett Stidham (2015)
Chris Johnson (2015–present)

1954 NFL draft first-round selections

Bobby Garrett Lamar McHan Art Hunter Veryl Switzer Cotton Davidson Stan Wallace Johnny Lattner Steve Meilinger Neil Worden Ed Beatty Bernie Faloney John Bauer Dick Chapman

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts first-round draft picks

Vessels Davidson Shaw Ameche Moore Parker Lyles Burkett Mix Matte Harris Vogel Woodson Curtis Ball Smith Detwiler Williams Hinton Bulaich McCauley Dunlap Drougas Jones Ehrmann Dutton Carr Huff Novak Burke McCall Krauss Dickey Hatchett McMillan Thompson Cooks Schlichter Elway Coleman Solt Bickett Hand Bennett Rison George Emtman Coryatt Dawkins Faulk Alberts Ellis Johnson Harrison Glenn Manning James Morris Wayne Freeney Clark Jackson Addai Gonzalez Brown Hughes Castonzo Luck Werner Dorsett

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Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts starting quarterbacks

Fred Enke (1953–1954)
George Taliaferro (1953)
Ed Mioduszewski (1953)
Gary Kerkorian (1954)
Cotton Davidson (1954)
George Shaw (1955–1956, 1958)
Johnny Unitas (1956–1967, 1969–1972)
Gary Cuozzo (1965–1966)
Tom Matte (1965)
Earl Morrall (1968–1971)
Marty Domres (1972–1974)
Bert Jones (1973–1981)
Bill Troup (1978)
Mike Kirkland (1978)
Greg Landry (1979–1980)
David Humm (1981)
Mike Pagel (1982–1985)
Mark Herrmann (1983–1984, 1992)
Art Schlichter (1984–1985)
Matt Kofler (1985)
Jack Trudeau (1986–1990, 1992–1993)
Gary Hogeboom (1986–1988)
Blair Kiel (1987)
Chris Chandler (1988–1989)
Tom Ramsey (1989)
Jeff George (1990–1993)
Jim Harbaugh (1994–1997)
Don Majkowski (1994)
Browning Nagle (1994)
Craig Erickson (1995)
Paul Justin (1995–1997)
Kelly Holcomb (1997)
Peyton Manning (1998–2010)
Kerry Collins (2011)
Curtis Painter (2011)
Dan Orlovsky (2011)
Andrew Luck (2012–2015)
Matt Hasselbeck (2015)
Josh Freeman (2015)

Dallas Texans 1960 inaugural season roster

Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterbacks

Cotton Davidson (1960–1961)
Hunter Enis (1960)
Randy Duncan (1961)
Len Dawson (1962–1975)
Eddie Wilson (1963)
Pete Beathard (1965)
Jacky Lee (1968–1969)
Mike Livingston (1969–1979)
Tony Adams (1975, 1977–1978)
Steve Fuller (1979–1982)
Bill Kenney (1980–1988)
Todd Blackledge (1984–1987)
Matt Stevens (1987)
Frank Seurer (1987)
Doug Hudson (1987)
Steve DeBerg (1988–1991)
Ron Jaworski (1989)
Steve Pelluer (1989)
Mark Vlasic (1991)
Dave Krieg (1992–1993)
Joe Montana (1993–1994)
Steve Bono (1994–1996)
Rich Gannon (1996–1998)
Elvis Grbac (1997–2000)
Warren Moon (2000)
Trent Green (2001–2006)
Damon Huard (2006–2008)
Brodie Croyle (2007–2010)
Tyler Thigpen (2008)
Matt Cassel (2009–2012)
Tyler Palko (2011)
Kyle Orton (2011)
Brady Quinn (2012)
Alex Smith (2013–present)
Chase Daniel (2013–2014)

Dallas Texans 1962 AFL Champions

Los Angeles / Oakland Raiders starting quarterbacks

Tom Flores (1960–1961, 1963–1966)
Babe Parilli (1960)
Cotton Davidson (1962–1964, 1966)
Hunter Enis (1962)
Don Heinrich (1962)
Dick Wood (1965)
Daryle Lamonica (1967–1973)
George Blanda (1968)
Ken Stabler (1971–1979)
Larry Lawrence (1974–1975)
Mike Rae (1976–1977)
Jim Plunkett (1980–1986)
Dan Pastorini (1980)
Marc Wilson (1981, 1983–1987)
Rusty Hilger (1987)
Vince Evans (1987, 1993, 1995)
Jay Schroeder (1988–1992)
Steve Beuerlein (1988–1989)
Todd Marinovich (1991–1992)
Jeff Hostetler (1993–1996)
Billy Joe Hobert (1995–1996)
Jeff George (1997–1998)
Donald Hollas (1998)
Wade Wilson (1998)
Rich Gannon (1999–2004)
Rick Mirer (2003)
Marques Tuiasosopo (2003, 2005)
Kerry Collins (2004–2005)
Aaron Brooks (2006)
Andrew Walter (2006, 2008)
Josh McCown (2007)
Daunte Culpepper (2007)
JaMarcus Russell (2007–2009)
Bruce Gradkowski (2009–2010)
Charlie Frye (2009)
Jason Campbell (2010–2011)
Kyle Boller (2011)
Carson Palmer (2011–2012)
Terrelle Pryor (2012–2013)
Matt Flynn (2013)
Matt McGloin (2013)
Derek Carr (2014–present)

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Cotton Davidson

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