Tyrone McGriff
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Position: | Guard |
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Born: | Vero Beach, Florida | January 13, 1958
Died: | December 9, 2000 Melbourne, Florida | (aged 42)
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Vero Beach (Vero Beach, Florida) |
College: | Florida A&M |
NFL Draft: | 1980 / Round: 12 / Pick: 333 |
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Tyrone K. McGriff Sr. (January 13, 1958 – December 9, 2000) was an American football guard who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers for three seasons. He then played three seasons in the United States Football League (USFL) and was a member of the 1983 USFL champions as a starting guard for the Michigan Panthers, for whom he also played in 1984 before playing the 1985 season with the Memphis Showboats. He was Mr. Irrelevant, as the last pick (333rd overall) in the 1980 NFL Draft. McGriff died in 2000 of a heart attack while in the employ of the public school district in Vero Beach, Florida. McGriff was survived by his two children, April and Tyrone McGriff Jr., and wife, Barbara Rollins McGriff.[1]
Tyrone McGriff Jr. followed in his father's footsteps and played football at Florida A&M University, where he made all-conference and preseason All-American. In 1996, McGriff Sr. was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as part of a large group of previously-overlooked players who played for smaller colleges and universities.
Head coaching record[]
College[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Bethune–Cookman Wildcats (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1993) | |||||||||
1993 | Bethune–Cookman | 1–1[n 1] | 0–1[n 1] | ||||||
Bethune–Cookman: | 1–1 | 0–1 | |||||||
Total: | 1–1 |
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- ^ a b served as head coach before he was suspended after the first nine games of the 1993 season. McGriff replaced Collins as acting head coach for the final two games. Bethune–Cookman finished 1–10 overall and 0–6 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play.
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External links[]
- Tyrone McGriff at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Career statistics and player information from Pro Football Reference
- Tyrone McGriff at Find a Grave
- 1958 births
- 2000 deaths
- American football offensive guards
- Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football coaches
- Florida A&M Rattlers football coaches
- Florida A&M Rattlers football players
- Grambling State Tigers football coaches
- Memphis Showboats players
- Michigan Panthers players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- Tennessee State Tigers football coaches
- High school football coaches in Florida
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- People from Melbourne, Florida
- People from Vero Beach, Florida
- Coaches of American football from Florida
- Players of American football from Florida
- African-American coaches of American football
- African-American players of American football
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- American football offensive lineman, 1950s birth stubs