Dave Gallagher (American football)

Dave Gallagher

Gallagher (No. 71) and Carl Russ loom over an opposing QB, 1973

Position:

Defensive tackle

Personal information

Date of birth:

January 2, 1952

Place of birth:

Piqua, Ohio

Career information

College:

Michigan

NFL draft:

1974 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20

Career history

Chicago Bears (1974)
New York Giants (1975-1976)
Detroit Lions (1978-1979)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	51
Interceptions:	1
Interception yards:	7

David Dillon Gallagher (born January 2, 1952) is a former All-American defensive tackle who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1971–1973 and in the National Football League from 1974-1979.

College career

The University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library describes Gallagher's contributions as: "One of the finest defensive tackles ever to play at Michigan."^[1] In 1971, he was named to the sophomore All-American team. As a senior in 1973, he was a co-captain of the Michigan football team. He made 83 tackles in 1973 and 175 in his three years playing for Bo Schembechler's Wolverines. He was a consensus first-team All-American as a senior, was also selected twice to the All-Big Ten Academic squad, and was also a recipient of a National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame postgraduate scholarship.

Professional career

Gallagher was drafted in the first round of the 1974 NFL Draft and played five years in the NFL for the Chicago Bears (1974), the New York Giants (1975–1976) and Detroit Lions (1978–1979).

Honors

In 2005, Gallagher was selected as one of the 100 greatest Michigan football players of all time by the "Motown Sports Revival," ranking 65th on the all-time team.^[2]

Notes

↑ "David Gallagher". Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
↑ "100 Greatest Michigan Football Players of All-Time". Motown Sports Revival. Retrieved 2007-12-09.

External links

1973 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB David Jaynes RB John Cappelletti RB Woody Green RB Kermit Johnson WR Lynn Swann TE Bennie Cunningham OT John Hicks OT Booker Brown G Buddy Brown G Bill Yoest C Bill Wyman

Defense	DL Tony Cristiani DL John Dutton DL Dave Gallagher DL Lucious Selmon LB Randy Gradishar LB Rod Shoate LB Richard Wood DB Dave Brown DB Artimus Parker DB Randy Rhino DB Mike Townsend

1974 NFL draft first-round selections

Ed "Too Tall" Jones Bo Matthews John Hicks Waymond Bryant John Dutton Carl Barzilauskas J. V. Cain Ed O'Neil Wilbur Jackson Bill Sandifer John Cappelletti Barty Smith Rick Middleton Randy Gradishar Don Goode Woody Green Fred McNeill Reuben Gant Henry Lawrence Dave Gallagher Lynn Swann Charley Young Bill Kollar Roger Carr Steve Riley Donald Reese

Chicago Bears first-round draft picks

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