Monday, November 29, 2010

Mr. Bill Curry

Our photo for today features former Packers center Bill Curry. A 1965 graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in industrial management, Curry starred at center for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team from 1962 to 1964. Curry played professional football in the N.F.L. from 1965 to 1974 with the Green Bay Packers, the Baltimore Colts, the Houston Oilers, and the Los Angeles Rams. He was a Pro Bowl center with the Colts in 1971 and 1972. Curry was the starting center in three Super Bowls, for the Packers in Super Bowl I and for the Colts in Super Bowl III and Super Bowl V.

Curry is the current head coach at Georgia State University, which began competing in college football in 2010. Curry also formerly worked as a football analyst for ESPN and as the director of the Leadership Baylor program at Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Previously, Curry served as the head football coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology (1980-1986), the University of Alabama (1987-1989), and the University of Kentucky (1990-1996). He played football at Georgia Tech (1962-1964) and then played for ten seasons in the National Football League with four different teams: the Green Bay Packers (1965-1966), the Baltimore Colts (1967-1972), the Houston Oilers (1973), and the Los Angeles Rams (1974).