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Archie Roberts
No. 16
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1942-11-04) November 4, 1942 (age 77)
Holyoke, Massachusetts
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:Holyoke (MA)
College:Columbia
AFL draft:1965 / Round: 7 / Pick: 51
Career history
* New York Jets (1965–1966)*
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Pass attempts:10
Pass completions:5
Completion percentage:50%
TD-INT:0–1
Yards:11
QB Rating:16.7
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Arthur James Roberts, Jr.[1] (born November 4, 1942)[2] is a retired cardiac surgeon and former collegiate and professional football player. He played at Columbia University.[3] He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1965 American Football League (AFL) draft by the New York Jets. In 1967, he was traded to the AFL Miami Dolphins,[4] playing only one game with the team, in the final minutes of a 41–0 loss.[5]

Roberts subsequently became a cardiac surgeon after graduating from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.[6][7] He performed over 4,000 open-heart operations before retiring.[7] He founded the New Jersey-based[1] Living Heart Foundation in 2001.[7][1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "About LHF". Living Heart Foundation. http://www.livingheartfoundation.org/about.html. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Archie Roberts". pro-football-reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RobeAr00.htm. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ Eskenazi, Gerald (October 10, 1963). "Yale's Antidote for Columbia Is the 'Archie Roberts Defense'". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1963/10/10/archives/yales-antidote-for-columbia-is-the-archie-roberts-defense.html.
  4. ↑ "Roberts Traded To Miami Team". Hartford Courant. September 27, 1967. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/926820092.html?dids=926820092:926820092&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+27%2C+1967&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Roberts+Traded+To+Miami+Team&pqatl=google.
  5. ↑ Schonbrun, Zach (November 1, 2015). "It May Be Just Academic, but Fitzpatrick Is Near a Hall of Famer's Record". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ Valenti, John (January 10, 1990). "Heart Of A Lion Ex-Columbia quarterback and shortstop Archie Roberts is a distinguished cardiac surgeon who rarely dwells on his glorious athletic past". Newsday. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77329908.html?dids=77329908:77329908&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+10%2C+1990&author=By+John+Valenti&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Heart+Of+A+Lion+Ex-Columbia+quarterback+and+shortstop+Archie+Roberts+is+a+distinguished+cardiac+surgeon+who+rarely+dwells+on+his+glorious+athletic+past&pqatl=google.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Livingston, Bill (January 5, 2013). "Archie Roberts did not make much of a mark with the Cleveland Browns, but made an indelible mark on the NFL". Cleveland Plain Dealer. http://www.cleveland.com/livingston/index.ssf/2013/01/after_leaving_the_cleveland_br.html. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

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