Archie Manning
Elisha Archibald Manning III is a former American football quarterback. He played in the NFL for 13 seasons, primarily with the New Orleans Saints. In college, he played for the Ole Miss Rebels football team at the University of Mississippi. Manning is the father of Cooper Manning, and former NFL quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Eli Manning. He is also the grandfather of former MLB player Cooper Manning.
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Elisha Archibald Manning III is a former American football quarterback. He played in the NFL for 13 seasons, primarily with the New Orleans Saints. In college, he played for the Ole Miss Rebels football team at the University of Mississippi. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989. Manning is the father of Cooper Manning, and former NFL quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Eli Manning. The speed limit on the campus of Ole Miss is eighteen miles per hour in honor of Manning’s No. 18 jersey number, which is also honored by the school. He is also the grandfather of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning and former MLB player Cooper Manning. In the summer of 1969 his father, Buddy Manning, committed suicide. Archie, who was home from college for summer vacation, was the first to discover Buddy’s dead body. He considered dropping out and getting a job to support his mother and sister, but his mother persuaded him to return to college and not put his rising football career to waste. Manning was selected in the Major League Baseball draft four times, first in 1967 by the Braves, twice by the White Sox, and finally by the Royals in 1971.
In 1972, he led the league in pass attempts and completions and the National Football Conference in passing yards. In 1978, he was named the NFC Player of the Year by UPI after leading the Saints to a 7–9–9 record. He spent the second half of that season in the team’s radio booth after Dick Butkus abruptly quit his position as color commentator. He died of a heart attack at the age of 48 in 2009. He has two children, Cooper and Eli, and a step-son, Cooper Manning-Manning, who also plays for the New England Patriots. He also has a son, Elisha Manning Jr, who plays for New York City’s New York Giants. He had a son named Archie Manning Jr. who is also a professional baseball player and a former Major League baseball player. In 1969, Manning was Mississippi Sportsman of the. Year and recipient of the Nashville Banner Trophy as Most Valuable Player in the Southeastern Conference.
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