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Emerson Boozer
Emerson Boozer (born July 4, 1943) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a running back for the New York Jets in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). In the last year of separate drafts by the AFL and the NFL, Boozer signed with the AFL's Jets, rather than with an NFL team. He was a member of the Jets team that defeated the NFL's champion Baltimore Colts, 16–7, in Super Bowl III. Before joining the AFL, Boozer played college football at Maryland State College, which is now the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES).
Boozer was born in Augusta, Georgia on July 4, 1943. He attended Lucy Craft Laney High School in Augusta, Georgia. In one football season at Laney, he scored 25 touchdowns and had 1,400 rushing yards. During football, he once passed out in the heat, and had to be hospitalized and given saline. The doctor told Boozer that if they had waited any longer to take him to the hospital Boozer would have died.
Boozer's natural athletic ability came to the attention of football coaches at Laney High School. Despite his proven talent there, football scholarships were not widely offered to the black star. Boozer excelled as well at the college level, where he showed open field ability as a back as well as strength and intensity as a player that exceeded his 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m), 190-pound (86.2 m) size.
Boozer played for Maryland State College from 1962 to 1965 as a halfback, originally under College Football Hall of Fame head coach Vernon "Skip" McCain, and then coach Roosevelt "Sandy" Gilliam. A two-time All-American, Boozer rushed for a school-record 2,537 yards and 22 touchdowns on 374 carries, an average of 6.8 yards per rush. He led the team in rushing and scoring each year he played. Over his four-year career, he had individual touchdown running plays of 96, 80, 77, 75, 70 and 51 yards.
Boozer was a Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) All-Conference pick in 1964 and 1965. He graduated with an industrial arts degree. He was inducted into the College Hall of Fame in 2010, and the UMES Hall of Fame in 1982.
He was college teammates with future Pro Football Hall of Fame player, and the first black head coach in modern NFL history, Art Shell, and his future Jets teammate Earl Christy.
Boozer was drafted by both leagues. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1966 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers (number 98 overall), and was drafted by the Jets in the sixth round of the 1966 AFL draft (number 46 overall). He chose the Jets. The Jets were assembling a team of talented and enthusiastic players under George Sauer and Wilbur "Weeb" Ewbank. The team already had fullback Matt Snell and figured Boozer to be paired with him at halfback. Sharing the job with Bill Mathis as a rookie, Boozer worked hard and became a starter in 1967. His ability to block with intensity earned him a league-wide reputation. In 1966, Boozer was the Pittsburgh Courier AFL Rookie of the Year.
As a rookie, Boozer started seven games, and had 455 yards rushing, and 4.7 yards per carry average, with five rushing touchdowns. He also had eight receptions for 133 yards. He was selected to play in the AFL All-Star Game at the end of the 1966 season.
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Emerson Boozer
Emerson Boozer (born July 4, 1943) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a running back for the New York Jets in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). In the last year of separate drafts by the AFL and the NFL, Boozer signed with the AFL's Jets, rather than with an NFL team. He was a member of the Jets team that defeated the NFL's champion Baltimore Colts, 16–7, in Super Bowl III. Before joining the AFL, Boozer played college football at Maryland State College, which is now the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES).
Boozer was born in Augusta, Georgia on July 4, 1943. He attended Lucy Craft Laney High School in Augusta, Georgia. In one football season at Laney, he scored 25 touchdowns and had 1,400 rushing yards. During football, he once passed out in the heat, and had to be hospitalized and given saline. The doctor told Boozer that if they had waited any longer to take him to the hospital Boozer would have died.
Boozer's natural athletic ability came to the attention of football coaches at Laney High School. Despite his proven talent there, football scholarships were not widely offered to the black star. Boozer excelled as well at the college level, where he showed open field ability as a back as well as strength and intensity as a player that exceeded his 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m), 190-pound (86.2 m) size.
Boozer played for Maryland State College from 1962 to 1965 as a halfback, originally under College Football Hall of Fame head coach Vernon "Skip" McCain, and then coach Roosevelt "Sandy" Gilliam. A two-time All-American, Boozer rushed for a school-record 2,537 yards and 22 touchdowns on 374 carries, an average of 6.8 yards per rush. He led the team in rushing and scoring each year he played. Over his four-year career, he had individual touchdown running plays of 96, 80, 77, 75, 70 and 51 yards.
Boozer was a Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) All-Conference pick in 1964 and 1965. He graduated with an industrial arts degree. He was inducted into the College Hall of Fame in 2010, and the UMES Hall of Fame in 1982.
He was college teammates with future Pro Football Hall of Fame player, and the first black head coach in modern NFL history, Art Shell, and his future Jets teammate Earl Christy.
Boozer was drafted by both leagues. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1966 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers (number 98 overall), and was drafted by the Jets in the sixth round of the 1966 AFL draft (number 46 overall). He chose the Jets. The Jets were assembling a team of talented and enthusiastic players under George Sauer and Wilbur "Weeb" Ewbank. The team already had fullback Matt Snell and figured Boozer to be paired with him at halfback. Sharing the job with Bill Mathis as a rookie, Boozer worked hard and became a starter in 1967. His ability to block with intensity earned him a league-wide reputation. In 1966, Boozer was the Pittsburgh Courier AFL Rookie of the Year.
As a rookie, Boozer started seven games, and had 455 yards rushing, and 4.7 yards per carry average, with five rushing touchdowns. He also had eight receptions for 133 yards. He was selected to play in the AFL All-Star Game at the end of the 1966 season.
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