Mike Collier
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | September 21, 1953||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Edmondson-Westside (MD) | ||||||||||||
College: | Morgan State | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1975 / round: 14 / pick: 364 | ||||||||||||
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Michael J. Collier (born September 21, 1953) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers for two seasons and three with the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at Morgan State.
As a rookie in 1975, he scored three rushing touchdowns while the Steelers went on to win Super Bowl X.[1] He spent the 1976 season on injured reserve (during which he taught physical education at the Talmudical Academy - Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in Baltimore, Maryland[2]) before signing with the Bills the following year.[3][4]
He now resides in Hagerstown, Maryland with his two children, his wife Lisa, one granddaughter and works at a local Martin's grocery store as a manager.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mike Collier 1975 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ Personal recollection of a student, Shlomo D. Katz
- ^ "Hanratty Feels He'll Be Taken". The Daily News. September 7, 1976. Retrieved December 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Pascarelli, Peter (November 6, 1977). "Bills down, but insist they're not out". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved December 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Klingaman, Mike (October 17, 2013). "Catching Up With . . . former Pittsburgh Steeler Mike Collier". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2016.