George Sauer Jr.
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Born: | Sheboygan, Wisconsin | 10 November 1943
Died: | 7 May 2013 Westerville, Ohio | (aged 69)
Career information | |
College: | Texas |
Position: | WR |
Career history | |
AFL New York Jets NFL New York Jets WFL New York Stars | |
George Sauer, Jr. (born November 10, 1943 - died May 7, 2013)[1] was a professional American football wide receiver who played six seasons for the American Football League's New York Jets. He led the AFL in receptions in the 1967 season. In 1968, he started for the Jets in the third AFL-NFL World Championship Game, helping defeat the NFL's heavily favored Baltimore Colts. He later played for the New York Stars of the World Football League. He also coached a minor league football team in the late 1970s. His father, George Sauer, played for the Green Bay Packers from 1935 through 1937.
After retiring in 1971, George pursued writing, and completed a novel. As of 1994, Sauer was a textbook graphics specialist living in St. Paul. He died on May 7, 2013 in Westerville, Ohio of congestive heart failure, having suffered from Alzheimer's Disease.
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See also
- Other American Football League players
- Oldest Living Pro Football Players - George Sauer 2013 Necrology
- George Sauer Jr. Football Card Gallery
- 1943 births
- 2013 deaths
- People from Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- American football wide receivers
- Texas Longhorns football players
- New York Jets (AFL) players
- New York Jets players
- American Football League All-League players
- American Football League All-Star players
- American Football League Champions
- Charlotte Hornets (WFL) players
- New York Stars (WFL) players
- American football wide receiver, 1940s birth stubs