Keith Gary
Date of birth | September 14, 1959 |
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Place of birth | Bethesda, Maryland |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Defensive end |
US college | Oklahoma |
NFL draft | 1981 / Round: 1/ Pick 17 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1981 | Montreal Alouettes |
1982 | Montreal Concordes |
1983–88 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Career stats | |
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Keith Gary (born September 14, 1959) is a former American football defensive end. Gary was selected in the first round by the Pittsburgh Steelers out of the University of Oklahoma in the 1981 NFL Draft, but didn't sign and went to play two seasons with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL. He then played six seasons with the Steelers.
He may perhaps be best known for committing one of the most vicious facemask penalties in NFL history. During a Week 6 game against the Cincinnati Bengals in 1983, he grabbed quarterback Ken Anderson, ripping his facemask off and knocking Anderson out of the game with a severe neck sprain. Later in the same game he was penalized for a late hit on Bengals back up quarterback Turk Schonert. Gary was fined by the NFL for the vicious facemask penalty that left Anderson without feeling below the neck.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ "Pittsburgh's Gary Fined For Facemask Violation".
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- People from Bethesda, Maryland
- Players of American football from Maryland
- American football defensive ends
- Canadian football defensive linemen
- American players of Canadian football
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- Montreal Alouettes players
- Montreal Concordes players
- Oklahoma Sooners football players
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Chantilly High School alumni
- American football defensive lineman, 1950s birth stubs