Roy Jefferson

No. 87, 80

Position:

Wide receiver

Personal information

Date of birth:

November 9, 1943

Place of birth:

Texarkana, Arkansas

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

195 lb (88 kg)

Career information

High school:

Compton (CA)

College:

Utah

NFL draft:

1965 / Round: 2 / Pick: 18

AFL draft:

1965 / Round: 2 / Pick: 14
(San Diego Chargers)

Career history

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics

Receptions:	451
Receiving yards:	7,539
Receiving TDs:	52
Rushing yards:	188
Rush attempts:	25
Player stats at NFL.com

Roy Lee Jefferson (born November 9, 1943) is a former American football player, a wide receiver in the National Football League for twelve seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Colts, and Washington Redskins. During 162 regular season games, he had 451 receptions for 7,539 yards and 52 touchdowns.

Early years

Born in Texarkana, Arkansas, Jefferson grew up in southern California and graduated from Compton High School in 1961.^[1] He played college football at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City,^[2] where he was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year in his senior season in 1964 under head coach Ray Nagel.

Jefferson played on both sides of the ball and also was the placekicker; and led the Utes to 32–6 victory in the Liberty Bowl over favored West Virginia to finish with an 9–2 record.^[3] The game was played indoors on natural grass at the convention center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and featured shortened end zones.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Playing career

Selected in the second round of the 1965 NFL draft, 18th overall, Jefferson spent his first five NFL seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1965–1969). In 1968, Jefferson led the NFL in receiving yards with 1,074. His 58 receptions and 11 touchdowns were both 2nd highest in the NFL that season. He was named 1st Team All-Pro by Associated Press (AP), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), New York Daily News and UPI in 1969. Jefferson finished that season with 67 receptions for 1,079 yards and nine touchdowns and became the first Steelers receiver to post back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. Despite being the Steelers best offensive player, conflicts with head coach Chuck Noll as the team's player representative resulted in a trade to the Baltimore Colts in August 1970.^[7]^[8]

With the Colts for only one season, Jefferson helped them reach and win Super Bowl V.^[9] He finished the 1970 regular season with 44 receptions for 749 yards and seven touchdowns. He caught a 45-yard touchdown pass from Johnny Unitas in the Colts 17-0 divisional playoff win over the Cincinnati Bengals and had three receptions for 52 yards in the Colts 16-13 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowl. Jefferson was traded to the Washington Redskins in 1971 for a first round draft pick in 1973.^[10] He spent six seasons with the Redskins under head coach George Allen, helping them reach Super Bowl VII in 1972, and retired after the 1976 season.^[11]

Jefferson was named to the Pittsburgh Steelers Legends team in 2007, as one of the best 24 Steelers players prior to 1970.

After football

Jefferson had a leading role in the 1976 blaxploitation feature film Brotherhood of Death. After his retirement from football, he remained in the Washington, D.C. area. In the ensuing years, his endeavors have included owning a chain of barbecue restaurants and working for charities. As of 2006, he was working in the real estate business. He reported that he and his wife had three children and four grandchildren.^[12]

Personal

Jefferson is the cousin of tight end Marv Fleming; they were teammates in high school and college, but were on opposing sides during Super Bowl VII.^[1] Jefferson left Utah for the NFL in 1965, but returned to school in the off-seasons and completed his bachelor's degree in June 1970.^[13]

References

1 2 "Jefferson wants to whip cousin Marv". Miami News. Associated Press. January 10, 1973. p. 3C.
↑ "Idaho must hold Utah's star flank". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). October 2, 1964. p. 18.
↑ Miller, Hack (December 19, 1964). "Utes scalp W.Va., 32-6 in Liberty Bowl". Deseret News (Salt Lake City). p. 1A.
↑ Miller, Hack (December 19, 1964). "Indoor bowl game: novel". Deseret News (Salt Lake City). p. A5.
↑ Nissenson, Herschel (December 20, 1964). "Utah rolls, 32-6". Ocala Star-Banner (Florida). Associated Press. p. 26.
↑ Green, Russ (December 20, 1964). "Utah bombs West Virginia in Liberty Bowl". Reading Eagle (Pennsylvania). UPI. p. 61.
↑ "Colts acquire Roy Jefferson". Spartanburg Herald (South Carolina). Associated Press. August 21, 1970. p. 14.
↑ steelers.com
↑ Murray, Jim (January 17, 1971). "Colts stole Roy Jefferson". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). (Los Angeles Times). p. 5.
↑ "Trade helped 'Skins win". Palm Beach Post (Florida). Associated Press. December 28, 1972. p. D3.
↑ "Redskins release Roy Jefferson". Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida). UPI. March 18, 1977. p. 3F.
↑ Wexell, Jim. Pittsburgh Steelers: Men of Steel (Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing L.L.C., 2006) ISBN 978-1-58261-996-5, pp. 69-73
↑ "Roy Jefferson shows the way". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 24, 1970. p. 1, part 2.

External links

Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • Pro-Football-Reference • Databasefootball.com

Baltimore Colts Super Bowl V Champions

15 Earl Morrall 17 Sam Havrilak 19 Johnny Unitas 20 Jerry Logan 21 Rick Volk 27 Ray Perkins 28 Jimmy Orr 30 Ron Gardin 32 Mike Curtis 33 Eddie Hinton 34 Tom Nowatzke 35 Jim Duncan 36 Norm Bulaich 40 Jack Maitland 42 Tom Maxwell 45 Jerry Hill 47 Charles Stukes 49 David Lee 50 Bill Curry 51 Bob Grant 52 Robbie Nichols 54 Tom Goode 56 Ray May 60 George Wright 61 Cornelius Johnson 62 Glenn Ressler 71 Dan Sullivan 72 Bob Vogel 73 Sam Ball 74 Billy Ray Smith 75 John Williams 76 Fred Miller 78 Bubba Smith 80 Jim O'Brien 81 Billy Newsome 83 Ted Hendricks 84 Tom Mitchell 85 Roy Hilton 87 Roy Jefferson 88 John Mackey

Head Coach: Don McCafferty Coaches: Dick Bielski Bobby Boyd Hank Bullough John Idzik Lou Rymkus John Sandusky

Pittsburgh Steelers Legends team

Offense:	Bobby Layne Dick Hoak John Henry Johnson Roy Jefferson Ray Mathews Elbie Nickel Chuck Cherundolo Mike Sandusky Bruce Van Dyke Charlie Bradshaw Frank Varrichione

Defense:	Eugene Lipscomb Ernie Stautner Ben McGee Bill McPeak Dale Dodrill Myron Pottios Jerry Shipkey Jack Butler Bill Dudley Howard Hartley Clendon Thomas

Specialists:	Armand Niccolai Pat Brady

Pittsburgh Steelers Team MVP

80 Greatest Redskins

21 Terry Allen RB 1995–98
56 LaVar Arrington LB 2000–05
41 Mike Bass CB 1969–75
20 Cliff Battles B 1932–37
33 Sammy Baugh QB 1937–52
31 Don Bosseler FB 1957–64
53 Jeff Bostic C 1980–93
4 Mike Bragg P 1968–79
80 Gene Brito DE 1951–53, 1955–58
43 Larry Brown RB 1969–76
77 Bill Brundige DE 1970–77
65 Dave Butz DT 1975–88
21 Earnest Byner RB 1989–93
84 Gary Clark WR 1985–92
51 Monte Coleman LB 1979–94
53 Al DeMao C 1945–53
36 Chuck Drazenovich LB 1950–59
35 Bill Dudley RB 1950–51, 1953
17 Turk Edwards T 1932–40
44 Andy Farkas FB 1938–44
37 Pat Fischer CB 1968–77
28 Darrell Green CB 1983–2002
68 Russ Grimm G 1981–91
55 Chris Hanburger LB 1965–78
57 Ken Harvey LB 1994–98
56 Len Hauss C 1964–77
75 Terry Hermeling OT 1970–80
27 Ken Houston S 1973–80
70 Sam Huff LB 1964–67, 1969
66 Joe Jacoby T/G 1981–93
47 Dick James RB 1955–63
76 Jon Jansen OT 1999–08
80 Roy Jefferson WR 1971–76
9 Sonny Jurgensen QB 1964–74
22 Charlie Justice RB 1950, 1952–54
17 Billy Kilmer QB 1971–78
26 Paul Krause DB 1964–67
79 Jim Lachey T 1988–95
14 Eddie LeBaron QB 1952–53, 1955–59
72 Dexter Manley DE 1981–89
71 Charles Mann DE 1983–93
58 Wilber Marshall LB 1988–92
73 Mark May T 1981–89
79 Ron McDole DE 1971–78
63 Raleigh McKenzie G 1985–94
53 Harold McLinton LB 1969–78
40 Wayne Millner E 1936–41, 1945
49 Bobby Mitchell FL 1962–68
30 Brian Mitchell RB 1990–99
81 Art Monk WR 1980–93
3 Mark Moseley K 1974–86
29 Mark Murphy S 1977–84
21 Mike Nelms KR 1980–84
52 Neal Olkewicz LB 1979–89
23 Brig Owens LB 1966–77
26 Clinton Portis RB 2004–10
65 Vince Promuto G 1960–70
44 John Riggins RB 1976–79, 1981–85
11 Mark Rypien QB 1987–93
60 Chris Samuels OT 2000–09
83 Ricky Sanders WR 1986–93
76 Ed Simmons T 1987–93
87 Jerry Smith TE 1965–77
60 Dick Stanfel G 1956–58
74 George Starke T 1973–84
72 Diron Talbert DT 1971–80
42 Charley Taylor WR 1964–77
84 Hugh Taylor WR 1947–54
21 Sean Taylor S 2004–07
7 Joe Theismann QB 1974–85
67 Rusty Tillman LB 1970–77
85 Don Warren TE 1979–92
25 Joe Washington RB 1981–84
17 Doug Williams QB 1986–89

Administration

George Allen Head Coach 1971–77
Bobby Beathard General Manager 1978–89
Joe Bugel Offensive Line Coach 1981–89, 04–09
Ray Flaherty Head Coach 1936–42
Joe Gibbs Head Coach 1981–92
Richie Petitbon Defensive Coordinator 1978–92

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