Joseph Robert Theismann born September 9, is an American former professional gridiron football player, sports commentator, corporate speaker and restaurateur.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in Following his retirement from football in after a career-ending injury, Theismann worked as a sportscaster and an analyst on pro football broadcasts with ESPN for nearly 20 years. Theismann also co-hosts the network's weekly show Playbook. Since , he has worked on the Redskins preseason television broadcast team. Additionally, he works on the NFL Network on a variety of programs, primarily as an analyst. He also performs as a speaker for corporate events, speaking on topics such as leadership and self-motivation.
Theismann was born to Austrian Joseph John Theismann who "ran a gas station and worked in his brother's liquor store. He was a high school teammate of Drew Pearson. Theismann accepted a college football scholarship to attend the University of Notre Dame. At Notre Dame, Theismann became the starting quarterback in his sophomore year, after Terry Hanratty was injured late in the season.
In the three remaining games in the regular season, he led the Irish to two wins and a tie. The next year, the Irish had a 10—1 record, a number two ranking, and won against Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic, 24— Theismann, whose last name was actually pronounced THEES-man, recounted in that it was Notre Dame publicity man Roger Valdiserri who insisted that he change the pronunciation of his name to rhyme with "Heisman", but he finished second to Jim Plunkett of Stanford University.
Theismann set school records for passing yards in a season 2, and touchdowns in a season He also set a school record for passing yards in a game and completions in a game 33 while playing against the University of Southern California in a torrential downpour in , which they lost 38— As a starting quarterback, Theismann compiled a 20—3—2 record while throwing for 4, yards and 31 touchdowns.
His 4, passing yards rank fifth on Notre Dame's career passing list. Theismann was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in In his rookie year, Theismann quarterbacked the Argonauts to a 10—4 record, led the league's Eastern Conference in passing statistics and won a berth in the Grey Cup championship game in Vancouver, British Columbia versus the Calgary Stampeders 59th Grey Cup. A fumble late in the fourth quarter by Argonaut running back Leon McQuay close to the goal line cost the Argonauts what would have been their first Grey Cup victory since After negotiations failed with the Miami Dolphins, who drafted him in the fourth round in , Theismann elected to play for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League.
High School teammate of wide receiver Drew Pearson. Pearson would later play for the arch-rival Dallas Cowboys while Theismann played for the Redskins.
The Miami Dolphins drafted Theisman in the fourth round of the NFL college draft, the 99th overall player selected in the draft, and the third player drafted by Miami. Co-host, with Forbes Riley , of an infomercial for the "Barefoot Science" arch activation system.
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Theismann, Joe. Theismann's career ended on November 18, when he suffered a comminuted compound fracture of his leg while being sacked by New York Giants linebackers Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson during a Monday Night Football game telecast. At the time, the Redskins had been attempting to run a "flea-flicker" play.
The Giants' defense, however, was not fooled, and they tried to blitz Theismann. As Taylor pulled Theismann down, Taylor's knee came down and drove straight into Theismann's lower right leg, fracturing both the tibia and the fibula. The endorphins had kicked in, and I was not in pain. As Theismann lay on the field, a horrified Taylor frantically screamed and waved for emergency medical technicians. Initially, however, many Redskins personnel thought Taylor's screaming and pointing directed at their sidelines was a taunt over the fact that he had successfully stopped their play.
Taylor has said that his animated behavior was largely a claustrophobic reaction to having been trapped at the bottom of the pile that followed his tackle. Simpson and Joe Namath inferred from the start that Taylor was calling for help. While initially only the players on the field could see the extent of the damage to Theismann's leg, the reverse-angle instant replay provided a clearer view of what had actually happened—Theismann's lower leg bones were broken midway between his knee and his ankle, such that his leg from his foot to his mid-shin was lying flat against the ground while the upper part of his shin up to his knee was at a degree angle to the lower part of his leg.
The compound fracture of the tibia led to insufficient bone growth during Theismann's recovery, leaving his right leg shorter than his left.
As a result, the injury forced Theismann into retirement at the age of Theismann has never blamed Lawrence Taylor for his injury.
Taylor has said that he has never seen film of the play and never wants to. This injury was highlighted in the film The Blind Side as the reason that, after the quarterback, one of the highest paid football players is the left tackle, who protects the quarterback's blind side.
Theismann rejected an offer to work on the network's college football coverage. In addition to covering football, Theismann hosted the first half of the first season of American Gladiators in
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