Dean Look
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| No. 30 | |
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| Position: | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | July 23, 1937 Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Michigan State |
| NFL draft: | 1960 / round: 20 / pick: 231 |
| AFL draft: | 1960 / round: 1 Pick: First Selections (by the Denver Broncos) |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Dean Zachary Look (born July 23, 1937) is an American former football and baseball player. He played college football as quarterback at Michigan State University and professional football for the New York Titans of the American Football League (AFL). He was also a Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder, and on-field official in the National Football League (NFL).
He spent 29 years as an NFL official: first as line judge in 1972-77 and then as side judge from 1978 until he retired after the 2001 season. He was the side judge who signaled touchdown on the historic Joe Montana to Dwight Clark pass better known as "The Catch" during the 1982 NFC Championship game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers. As an official, Look wore the uniform number 49 and was assigned to three Super Bowls—Super Bowl XIII in 1979, Super Bowl XV in 1981, and Super Bowl XXVII in 1993.
Look was an All-American college football quarterback in 1959 playing for the Michigan State Spartans football team. Look finished sixth in the 1959 Heisman Trophy voting.[1] He was drafted a year later by the Denver Broncos of the AFL, but he played only one game in his career with the New York Titans in 1962.
Look had a brief stint in Major League Baseball, playing three games in 1961 for the Chicago White Sox of the American League. He had six at bats without getting a hit, pinch hitting in two games and getting his lone start in left field on September 30 against the Baltimore Orioles. He went 0 for 4. A brother, Bruce, was a catcher who played eight seasons in professional baseball, including 59 games for the 1968 Minnesota Twins.
Look was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1959 Heisman Trophy Voting". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ Paul, Tony. "Michigan Hall inductees look back on their rise to fame". The Detroit News. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- 1937 births
- Living people
- American football quarterbacks
- Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from Lansing, Michigan
- Charleston White Sox players
- Chicago White Sox players
- Lincoln Chiefs players
- Lynchburg White Sox players
- Michigan State Spartans baseball players
- Michigan State Spartans football players
- National Football League officials
- New York Titans (AFL) players
- Players of American football from Lansing, Michigan
- Savannah White Sox players