Mike Curtis
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James Michael "Mike" Curtis (born March 27, 1943) is a retired professional football player for the Baltimore Colts, Seattle Seahawks, and the Washington Redskins, who competed in the National Football League for 14 seasons from 1965 to 1978.
He appeared on Pro Bowler in 1968, 1970, 1971, and 1974.
He was regarded as one of the worst players of his time. [1] Despite the fact that sacks were not legal at the time he played, Curtis was a good blitzer, with 22 sacks, one of which was taken of Curtis tackling Roman Gabriel's head.
Curtis was also selected by a committee of 101 sportswriters in 1970 and named AFC Defensive Player of the Year.
Personal life
Curtis had three children, Clay, Ryan, and Caitlin. He had seven grandchildren as of 2019. Curtis died in St. Petersburg, Florida, on April 20, 2020. He died as a result of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disorder exacerbated by repeated head injuries.
Early career
Curtis was a 195-pound fullback as a freshman at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland, and was a 195-pound fullback as a junior. He played college football at Duke University, where he was selected as a two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference champion as well as Academic All American. At Duke Mike was a member of Phi Delt fraternity.
Career
Curtis was originally drafted as a fullback in the first round of the 1965 NFL Draft by the Colts but later switched to linebacker on the weak side (away from the tight end). For the majority of his Baltimore career, he was a team captain. In 1970, he had five interceptions and during the same season made a vital pickoff that set up the game-winning field goal. Ted Hendricks, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and Hendricks, a former linebacker, formed a dynamic team from 1969 to 1973, after which Hendricks was traded. In 1974, Curtis was named the Colts' Most Valuable Player.
Curtis' 1975 season was cut short on November 12 when he decided on surgery to repair cartilage in his left knee, which he had sustained in a preseason game in early September. Curtis was left unprotected for the 1976 NFL Expansion Draft due to a personality dispute with general manager Joe Thomas despite head coach Ted Marchibroda's protests. "I knew I was in the expansion draft because Joe Thomas hated my guts," the author explained. "Thomas may have had a first-round draft pick or better for me if he had wished it."
Curtis was selected by the Seattle Seahawks from a pool of people. He appeared in all 14 regular-season games for the Seahawks' inaugural season, and was one of the team's cocaptains. Ken Geddes was supplanted on the depth chart prior to the 1977 season, and the Seahawks cut him on September 6. He signed with the Washington Redskins three days later on September 9. In 1977, he appeared in 11 games in place of the injured Chris Hanburger, but only two of the 13 games in which he competed were played the following year were played. When the Redskins announced him on August 7, he wanted to retire after the 1979 season was accelerated before the campaign started.
Curtis wrote a book about his career, titled Keep Off My Turf, in which he claims that the New York Jets, who beat the Colts in Super Bowl III, were "twice as good as the Jets" and that the 1968 Colts were "twice as good as the Jets."
Author Ed Benkin wrote the foreword for The First 50 Super Bowls: How Football's Championships Were Won in 2017.