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My Take
Bob Griese is the kind of quarterback I genuinely admire: a cerebral, composed game-manager rather than a flashy gunslinger. Fourteen seasons with the Dolphins, All-American honors at Purdue, and ultimately a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame tell you the substance was real. What I find charming is the range, a man who also played basketball and then spent his post-playing years in the broadcast booth, winning audiences with his words instead of his arm. Reaching a sport's highest honor and then continuing to illuminate it from another angle is a life well lived, and it explains why he is still fondly remembered.
Overview
Robert Allen Griese ( GREE-see; born February 3, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 14 seasons with the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He earned All-American honors playing college football for the Purdue Boilermakers before being selected by the Dolphins of the AFL in the 1967 NFL/AFL draft.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bob Griese
- Name (Japanese)
- ボブ・グリーシー
- Reading
- ぼぶ・ぐりーしー
- Born
- February 3, 1945 (age 81)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rooster
- Origin
- Evansville, Indiana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- American football player / sports commentator / basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Rex Mundi High School
- University
- Purdue University
Awards & achievements
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
- 1966 Chicago Tribune Silver Football
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
American football player — see all → · Sports commentator — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.