Mike Collier (American football)
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | September 21, 1953 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died: | February 16, 2025 (aged 71) Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Edmondson-Westside (MD) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Morgan State | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1975 / round: 14 / pick: 364 | ||||||||||||
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Michael Jerome Collier (September 21, 1953 – February 16, 2025)[1] was a professional American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers for two seasons and three with the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at Morgan State.
As a rookie in 1975, he scored three rushing touchdowns while the Steelers went on to win Super Bowl X.[2] He spent the 1976 season on injured reserve (during which he taught physical education at the Talmudical Academy - Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in Baltimore, Maryland[3]) before signing with the Bills the following year.[4][5]
Collier resided in Hagerstown, Maryland with his three children, his wife Lisa, six grandchildren, and worked at a local Martin's grocery store as a manager.[6] He died in Hagerstown on February 16, 2025, at the age of 71.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Michael Jerome Collier
- ^ "Mike Collier 1975 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ Personal recollection of a student, Shlomo D. Katz
- ^ "Hanratty Feels He'll Be Taken". The Daily News. September 7, 1976. Retrieved December 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Pascarelli, Peter (November 6, 1977). "Bills down, but insist they're not out". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved December 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Klingaman, Mike (October 17, 2013). "Catching Up With . . . former Pittsburgh Steeler Mike Collier". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ^ "Michael Jerome Collier". Rest Haven Funeral Home and Cemetery. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
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