Mike Haffner

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Mike Haffner
No. 84, 35
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1942-07-07) July 7, 1942 (age 79)
Waterloo, Iowa
Career information
College:UCLA
Undrafted:1965
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:59
Receiving yards:991
Touchdowns:7
Player stats at NFL.com

Michael Arthur Haffner[1] (born July 7, 1942) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for four seasons for the Denver Broncos (1968–1970)[2] and Cincinnati Bengals (1971).[3] As of 2017's NFL off-season, he still held the Broncos rookie franchise record for yards per reception at 30.5, for a 4 reception, 122 yard performance on 14 Dec 1968 against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Broadcasting career[]

After retirement, Haffner was a color commentator for the NFL on NBC. He is most noted for being the sideline reporter who inadvertently captured on his live microphone a two‐word expletive uttered by Terry Donahue who was voicing his disapproval over a Bruins interception being nullified due to a penalty in NBC's Christmas Day telecast of the 1978 Fiesta Bowl. Ironically Haffner and Donohue were roommates at UCLA.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mike Haffner". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  2. ^ "Broncos All-Time Roster" (PDF). denverbroncos.com. Retrieved 2009-03-05.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Bengals All-Time Roster". bengals.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  4. ^ "Two Words From the Coach With Expletives Undeleted," The Associated Press (AP), Monday, December 25, 1978. Retrieved December 7, 2020


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