Carl Taseff

Carl Taseff

NFL PlayerCoach


DateOfBirth=September 28, 1928
Birthplace=Parma, OH, U.S.
DateOfDeath=February 27, 2005 (age age|1928|9|28|2005|2|27)
Deathplace=
College=John Carroll
Jersey=23
Position=Cornerback
DraftedYear=1951
DraftedRound=22 / Pick 267
Stats=Y
player=y
years=1951
1953-1961
1961
1962
teams=NFL Cleveland Browns
NFL Baltimore Colts
NFL Philadelphia Eagles
AFL Buffalo Bills
coach=y
coachingyears=1970-1993
coachingteams=NFL Miami Dolphins
DatabaseFootball=TASEFCAR01

Carl Taseff (September 28, 1928 - February 27, 2005) was an American football player and assistant coach.

College

Carl played college football at John Carroll University and was the roommate of Don Shula's.

Pro Football playing career

Carl was drafted in the twenty-second recond of the 1951 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. After spending one season with the Browns, Carl went to the Baltimore Colts and played for them for nine seasons. While with the Colts he helped them win two NFL titles and played in the 1958 overtime title game against the New York Giants.

He set an NFL record with the Colts in 1959 by returning a blocked field goal 99 yards for a touchdown. He finished his professional playing career in 1962 with the American Football League's Buffalo Bills.

NFL coaching career

From 1970 to 1993, Carl was an assistant for Don Shula with the Miami Dolphins, mainly serving as the running backs coach.

Trivia

Carl was the roommate of Don Shula in college, they were teammates with the Browns (51) and Colts (53-56), and Carl was a member of the coaching staff with Don Shula on the Dolphins (70-93).

Death

A disease known as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, from which Taseff had been suffering for roughly 6 years, caused him to suffer from a weaker immune system. At the end of January 2005, Taseff caught the common cold that would eventually develop into pneumonia which would take his life on February 27, 2005.

See also

* Other American Football League players

External links

* [http://www.nfl.com/news/story/8238724 NFL.com Carl Taseff dies]
* [http://www.remembertheafl.com/AFLDecedents.htm Remember the AFL players]


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