People from Miami County, Kansas - Lynn Dickey, Terry D. Scott, Lafayette Russell, Frank Wattelet (Paperback)

Chapters: Lynn Dickey, Terry D. Scott, Lafayette Russell, Frank Wattelet. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Clifford Lynn Dickey (born October 19, 1949, in Osawatomie, Kansas) is a retired professional football quarterback, who played for the Houston Oilers and the Green Bay Packers in the 1970s and 1980s. Dickey grew up in Osawatomie, Kansas, where he led his high school football team to a state championship. The football stadium there is named after him. Dickey was recruited by Kansas State University in 1967, and he soon became the top quarterback in the Big Eight Conference. Following his senior season in 1970, Dickey finished 10th in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named MVP of the East-West Shrine Game. His 6,208 career passing yards stood as a record at Kansas State for 38 years, until it was passed by Josh Freeman in 2008. Following graduation in 1971, Dickey was drafted in the third round of the 1971 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers, where he played four seasons starting ten games winning two. In 1976 he was packaged in a trade to the Green Bay Packers involving John Hadl. Dickey led the Packers to the playoffs in 1982. They defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the wild card round after Dickey went 19 of 26 for 286 yards with 4 touchdowns and no interceptions for a 41-16 triumph. They were eliminated the following week by the Dallas Cowboys in the divisional round after Dickey went 24 of 37 for 274 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception as the team fell 37-26. Perhaps the high point of Dickey's NFL career came in 1983 when he powered the Packers' offense to a then-team record 429 points. He threw for 4,458 yards, which remains a team record. Dickey also threw an NFL-best 32 touchdowns that season and was named second-team All...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=138510