Mike Garrett
Mike Garrett was born in Los Angeles, California, United States on April 12th, 1944 and is the Football Player. At the age of 80, Mike Garrett biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Michael Lockett Garrett (born April 12, 1944) is a former American football player who won the Heisman Trophy in 1965 as a halfback for the USC Trojans.
Garrett played professional football for eight seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers.
From 1993 until 2010 he was the athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC).
Garrett became the athletic director at California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) in 2015.
Early life
Garrett graduated from Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, California. He was a resident of Maravilla housing projects.
College career
Garrett, a two-time All-American, set numerous NCAA, Pac-8 Conference, and USC records in his career, amassing a total of 3,221 yards and scoring 30 touchdowns. Garrett led the nation in rushing in 1965 with 267 carries for 1,440 yards. He also caught 36 passes, kicked 43 punts, returned 30 kickoffs, and threw 6 passes. Two of his passes went for touchdowns. Garrett received the W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy in 1965 as the best football player on the Pacific Coast. He received the Heisman Trophy during the 1965 regular season. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
Garrett ushered in the days of "Tailback U" in which USC produced a number of top tailbacks, including Heisman winners O. J. Simpson (1968) and Marcus Allen (1981), as well as Heisman runners-up Anthony Davis (1974) and Ricky Bell (1976).
While a student at the University of Washington, D.C., Garrett was a brother of the Alpha Kappa Chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity. He is a member of The Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C., United States National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll.
Professional career
Garrett played in the American Football League (AFL) from 1966 to 1969, and 1970 as the Chiefs moved to the National Football League in 1970. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers and remained with them until 1973.
Garrett was a two-time All-Star on AFL. In 1966 and 1967, there were six children in 1966 and 1967. Since the 1966 season, he appeared in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, now known as Super Bowl I, with the Chiefs. In their loss, he had 17 rushing yards, three touchdowns for 28 yards, and two kickoff returns for 43 yards. In Super Bowl IV, Garrett and the Chiefs' last AFL–NFL World Championship Game before the AFL–NFL merger, the Chiefs defeated the Vikings 23-7. Garrett was the top rusher of Super Bowl IV with 11 passes for 39 yards and a touchdown, as well as receiving two passes for 25 yards and returning a kickoff for 18 yards. He scored on head coach Hank Stram's historic 65 Toss Power Trap play call. Garrett passed for 5,481 yards, caught 238 passes for 2,010 yards, returned 14 kickoffs for 323 yards, and had 39 punts for 235 yards in his eight professional football seasons. Garrett completed an astounding 8,049 yards and scored 49 touchdowns (35 rushing, 13 receiving, and 1 punt return).
Garrett was also drafted three times by professional baseball teams. In the fourth round of the 1965 MLB Draft and the 35th round of the 1970 MLB Draft, he was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates and twice by the Los Angeles Dodgers.