OL Dave Foley (Official Thread)

[Buckskin86]

Dave Foley (American football)
Date of birth: October 28, 1947 (1947-10-28) (age 63)
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio
Career information
Position(s): Tackle
College: Ohio State
NFL Draft: 1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26
Organizations
As player:
1969-1971
1972-1977 New York Jets
Buffalo Bills
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls: 1973
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

David ("Dave") Foley (born October 28, 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former college and professional offensive lineman of the 1960s and '70s.

Foley was a three-year starter at offensive tackle for the Ohio State Buckeyes under head coach Woody Hayes. Foley stated that he did not intend to come to Ohio State but was won over by charisma of coach Hayes and by seeing The Ohio State University Marching Band performing in Ohio Stadium. Foley played right tackle in 1966 and 1967, and moved to left tackle in 1968. Prior to his senior year, he was named a team co-captain, along with linebacker Dirk Worden. That year the Buckeyes finished the season undefeated and was voted consensus national champion after defeating the University of Southern California in the 1969 Rose Bowl.

Foley was a consensus All-America selection in 1968. He was also a three-year Academic All American. He was elected to the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 1984.

Foley was selected in the first round of the 1969 NFL Draft by the New York Jets. After two years with the Jets he was traded to the Buffalo Bills, where he played for the remainder of his professional career. He was selected for the Pro Bowl in 1973.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Foley_(American_football)

85. DAVE FOLEY, ROGER BACON, 1965: He won the state shot put championship, in the process setting a city record (62 feet, 1? inches) that stood for 10 years. Foley, who as an AP all-state offensive lineman, went on to an All-American career at Ohio State. Later he was a first-round NFL pick. He went to the Pro Bowl in 1973.

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbc...10304&Category=SPT0301&ArtNo=103050801&Ref=PH

 

[ScriptOhio]

Favorite Dave Foley story:

Dave was one the smarter (academically) players and was an engineering major. In one Industrial Engineering class we had a Indian and/or Pakistani graduate assistant. He said that "today we are going to discuss fault tree analysis", however, with his strong accent it came out as sounding like "poultry analysis". Dave blurts out "What the @%&#! are we going to study chickens for?" Needless to say, the class cracks up.

 

[Buckskin86]

Dave Foley, who now lives in Springfield and was a captain on OSU?s 1968 national championship team, also said Tressell should keep his job.

?My feeling is a coach or any individual should be judged by the overall lifetime of his work, not by one specific event,? Foley said. ?For people outside of the situation, who really don?t know the entire circumstances, to make judgements directly on the coach?s career based on what has been published is a little bit unfair.?

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/s...es/local-buckeyes-defend-tressel-1145905.html

 

[ScriptOhio]

I just like this guy's retro pictures and some of his captions. Some of the younger guys on the board may not remember Dave Foley was part of the Bill's offensive line back in the mid 70s that was called the "Electric Company" because they turned on "The Juice". Dave is the 3rd guy from the left in the back row.