Archie Roberts (American football)

	* New York Jets (1965–1966)* Miami Dolphins (1967);
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Archie Roberts
No. 16
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	November 4, 1942 (age 78); 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
	* New York Jets (1965–1966)* Miami Dolphins (1967);
	* 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
	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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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "About LHF". Living Heart Foundation. http://www.livingheartfoundation.org/about.html. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
↑ "Archie Roberts". pro-football-reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RobeAr00.htm. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
↑ 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.
↑ "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.
↑ Schonbrun, Zach (November 1, 2015). "It May Be Just Academic, but Fitzpatrick Is Near a Hall of Famer's Record". The New York Times.
↑ 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.
↑ ^7.0 ^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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[lhfabout-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "About LHF". Living Heart Foundation. http://www.livingheartfoundation.org/about.html. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

[pfr-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.

[nyt2-5] 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.

[cpd-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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