Don Milan
Don Milan is a former quarterback in the National Football League. He spent five seasons in the NFL. In his fifth year, with Green Bay, Milan was briefly the Packers' starting quarterback when head coach Dan Devine made a much-publicized midseason trade for Los Angeles Rams quarterback John Hadl.[1]
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | January 12, 1949 Glendale, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Santa Ynez (CA) Valley Union | ||||||||||||
| College: | Cal Poly | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1971 | ||||||||||||
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Early life
After graduating from Santa Ynez High School, Milan quarterbacked Cal Poly from 1968 through 1970. In his top season of 1970, he threw for 1,236 yards on 64-for-118 accuracy with 11 touchdown passes, and added 479 rushing yards on 89 carries, while earning All-CCAA Team and CCAA Back of the Year award honors[2][3] and leading Cal Poly to an 8-2 record.[4]
A speech major, Milan graduated with a total of 2,348 passing yards.
Professional football
Milan signed as an undrafted free agent with Oakland in April 1971.[5] During the preseason of 1972, Milan threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Mike Siani in the Raiders' 34-9 exhibition win over the Rams.[6]
In the 1976 preseason, prior to retiring, Milan went 5-of-8 passing for 78 yards against Tampa Bay.
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Comp. | Att. | Yds. | LG | TD | INT |
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| 1975 / Career | GB | 7 | 1 | 15 | 32 | 181 | 56 | 1 | 1 |
References
- "Don Milan". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- "Cal Poly's Milan heads writers' all-CCAA team". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. December 4, 1970. p. 11.
- "Poly dominates all-league grid team". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. December 8, 1970. p. 6.
- "Poly star Milan with Packers". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. August 14, 1976. pp. B4.
- "Oakland grabs Mustang". Mustang Daily. April 27, 1971. p. 4.
- "Rookie scores TD pass". Mustang Daily. August 24, 1972. p. 8.