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Jim Plunkett played 15 seasons for the Raiders, Patriots and 49ers. He threw for 25,882 yards and 164 touchdowns. He won 1 Super Bowl MVP award and 2 championships.
Jim Plunkett, ’71, dodged obstacles even to quarterback for Stanford. The San Jose native learned he needed surgery for a thyroid tumor (benign, as it turned out) a month before the start of freshman year. Assistant coach Rod Rust, who had recruited him, vowed to honor his scholarship no matter what, as Stanford magazine recounted in a 2010 ...
Jul 25, 2022 · Updated: July 25, 2022. SAN JOSE (BVM) – Despite being a two-time Super Bowl champion and a Heisman Trophy winner, Jim Plunkett tends to go under the radar in terms of his legacy. His playing career spanned coast to coast, but it seems like he is long forgotten as a great QB. Time at Stanford. Plunkett grew up in the San Jose area being a ...
Plunkett was born on Dec. 5, 1947, in San Jose, Calif., the youngest of three children. He grew up in Santa Clara before the family sought less-expensive housing in San Jose. His parents were both ...
Watch how Jim Plunkett led the Raiders to a historic Super Bowl victory as a wild card team. NFL Films ranks his comeback as the third best of all time.
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Mar 3, 2021 · “Jim Plunkett had the biggest heart, the most courage of anybody I ever played with,” said Raymond Chester, the great tight end who had two stints with the Raiders in his career. “He had a ...
Aug 4, 2017 · A photo of Jim Plunkett while he was the Oakland Raiders quarterback decorates the backyard bathroom of his home in Atherton, California, on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The bathroom is designed with ...
