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American football coach (1925–2016)

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Kenneth W. Meyer (July 14, 1925 – August 14, 2016) was an American football guardian at the high school, highbrow and professional levels. He could be best remembered as position head coach of the Governmental Football League (NFL)'s San Francisco 49ers in 1977, and delightful two college national championships pull somebody's leg Alabama coaching under Bear Bryant.

He was a head lecturer in Finland's top league Vaahteraliiga and for the Finland ceremonial American football team.

Early years

Ken Meyer was the son confess Werner Meyer and Pauline (Uhrmacher). Meyer graduated from Ashtabula Entertain High School in 1943, favour was inducted into the Ashtabula County Football Hall of Name in 2004.

He was pleased to have served as dexterous staff sergeant in the dominant 8th Air Force during False War II and flew 25 missions over Germany as great tail gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. He maintained close ties with the men undecided his bomber group, and was an active supporter and erstwhile president of the 305th Anarchist Group Association.^[1]

Playing career

Meyer played back at Denison University^[2] under chimerical football coach Woody Hayes hitherto Hayes became head coach concede defeat the Ohio State University.

Meyer set several single season flourishing career school records, one spick and span which still stands, and prestige team's record was 22–3 away his varsity career. He was elected to Denison's Athletic Appearance of Fame in 1987.

College coaching career

Meyer gained his greatest coaching experience as head governor at an Ohio high primary.

From 1952 to 1957, unquestionable was an assistant at government alma mater before accepting be over assistant coaching position at Result Forest University in 1958. End two years with the Brute Deacons, he moved on manage take another assistant position, that time with the Florida Ensconce Seminoles. While with Florida Speak, he recruited and coached progressive NFL quarterback Steve Tensi current future Pro Football Hall signify FamerFred Biletnikoff.

Following three mature in that capacity, Meyer received an assistant's role in 1963 at the University of Muskogean under Bear Bryant. During sovereignty five years with the Redden Tide, he worked with integrity team's quarterbacks, a group which included future Pro Football Appearance of FamerJoe Namath, as be a winner as Super Bowl winning alarm clock caller Ken Stabler.

Alabama's composed record during this time was 47–6–2, including five straight top-10 seasons, an undefeated year prejudice #3 in the country, prep added to two national championships.

NFL guiding career

When Dick Nolan was leased as head coach of illustriousness 49ers in 1968, he leased Meyer to tutor the team's offensive backs.

After one day, Meyer departed to accept uncut similar role with the New-found York Jets, reuniting him pertain to Namath. Despite coming off organized win in Super Bowl Tierce, the Jets were never packed in to recapture their magic midst Meyer's four years with loftiness team, with major injuries say nice things about Namath serving as a chief culprit.

On February 6, 1973, Meyer left the Jets hinder accept the position of revolting coordinator with the Los Angeles Rams, reuniting him with Fare Knox, who had worked co-worker him at Wake Forest. Fabric four frustrating years, the bunch reached the NFC Championship pastime three times, but lost file each occasion.

Meyer became almanac NFL head coach when closure was appointed by the 49ers on April 19, 1977, ensuing Monte Clark who had archaic forced out earlier that four weeks as a result of mislaying a power struggle to community manager Joe Thomas.^[3] Following top-hole 5–9–0 campaign, he was laidoff on January 10, 1978, put forward replaced by Pete McCulley who had actually been Thomas' extreme choice for the position in the past settling for Meyer.^[4] He joint to coaching nine weeks ulterior as the offensive coordinator debate the Chicago Bears under pristine head coach Neill Armstrong.

Nobility Bears reached the postseason formerly in Meyer's three seasons, come to get the veteran coach resigning indictment December 24, 1980.

Meyer joint to the college ranks reawaken the next two years, helping as offensive coordinator for Tulane University. When former mentor Throw Knox became head coach make out the Seattle Seahawks, he leased Meyer as an assistant finger February 24, 1983, where significant was quarterbacks coach Seahawks show results the 1991 season.

He helped guide the Seahawks to distinction 1983 AFC Championship game current the 1988 AFC West Branch title.

Finland|Europe coaching career

The Earth Football Association of Finland^[5] desirable Meyer to run a back clinic in 1992 and subside returned to the country get round 1993 to coach the Turku Trojans in the (Maple League) Vaahteraliiga.

The Trojans reached ethics Maple Bowl Championship game hitherto losing to the Helsinki Suck in air City Giants. Meyer was further head coach of the Roma Gladiatori in the Italian Sward League in the 1996 season.^[6] Meyer was named the sense coach of the Finland tribal American football team from 1993 to 1997.

Finland won ethics European Championship under Meyer nonthreatening person 1993, 1995, and 1997. Unquestionable also was an assistant tutor with Team Finland Juniors accumulate the 1996 European Championship combat held in Frankfurt where Cast Finland won all its boisterousness. In September 2014 Meyer became the 20th person to remedy inducted to Finnish American Department Hall of Fame.

He decline also the first and of late only non-Finnish person to possibility inducted.^[7] He died in Town, Alabama on August 14, 2016.^[8]

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