Sports' Forgotten Heroes

Sports' Forgotten Heroes


70: Earl Morrall-NFL

November 26, 2019

Earl Morrall was not your typical star NFL quarterback. In fact, Morrall was a career backup. But what a backup he was! He was named the NFL MVP in 1968, threw for over 20,000-yards, won three championship rings and finished his career with a 63-36-3 record. On this episode of SFH, we take a look back at the career of Earl Morrall with Mark Sullivan who has written about Morrall for the Professional Football Researcher’s Association.