Stan Heath (gridiron football)

Stan Heath
Date of birth	March 5, 1927
Place of birth	Toledo, Ohio
Date of death	September 26, 2010 (aged 83)
Place of death	Jesup, Georgia
Career information
Position(s)	Quarterback
US college	Nevada
NFL draft	1949 / round: 1 / pick: 5
Career history
As player
1949	Green Bay Packers (NFL)
1950	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)
1951–1955	Calgary Stampeders (CFL)
Career stats
	Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;

Stanley Robert Heath (March 5, 1927 – September 26, 2010) was a quarterback in the National Football League who played 12 games for the Green Bay Packers. In 1949, the Green Bay Packers used the 5th pick in the 1st round of the 1949 NFL Draft to sign Heath out of the University of Nevada, Reno, where he was the nation's top passer. Previously, he had been a member of the Wisconsin Badgers. Heath was the first NCAA quarterback to throw for over 2,000 yards in a season, a mark that would not be surpassed for fifteen years. He finished 5th in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1948. Heath only played one season with the Packers before moving to the Canadian Football League.

Heath is the son of former major league baseball player Mickey Heath, the uncle of attorney and TruTV television commentator Robert W. Bigelow, and cousin to broadcaster and author Jim Heath.

Heath died at his home in Jesup, Georgia.^[1]

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^ "Stan Heath dies at 83". ESPN. Retrieved October 5, 2010.

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[1] "Stan Heath dies at 83". ESPN. Retrieved October 5, 2010.

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