Steve Ramsey

Stephen Wayne Ramsey (April 22, 1948 – October 15, 1999) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in seven National Football League (NFL) seasons from 1970 to 1976 for two different teams, the New Orleans Saints and the Denver Broncos. He was traded to the New York Giants in exchange for Craig Morton in 1977 but was released before the season began. Ramsey attended W. W. Samuell High School in Dallas, Texas and The University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. He died at age 51 in Texas, after an accident while trying to drive himself to the hospital after having a heart attack.

NFL career statistics Year Team Games Passing Rushing Sacks 1970 NOR 1 0 0–0 0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1971 DEN 9 5 2–3 84 178 47.2 1,120 6.3 47 5 13 46.6 3 6 2.0 6 0 13 105 1972 DEN 9 5 1–4 65 137 47.4 1,050 7.7 55 3 9 53.5 6 15 2.5 8 2 26 184 1973 DEN 5 0 0–0 10 27 37.0 194 7.2 76 2 2 56.7 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1974 DEN 7 2 1–1 41 74 55.4 580 7.8 43 5 7 64.0 5 -2 -0.4 1 0 9 55 1975 DEN 11 7 3–4 128 233 54.9 1,562 6.7 66 9 14 63.6 6 38 6.3 17 0 23 187 1976 DEN 12 12 7–5 128 270 47.4 1,931 7.2 71 11 13 64.9 13 51 3.9 15 0 39 261 Career 54 31 14–17 456 921 49.5 6,437 7.0 76 35 58 58.9 33 108 3.3 17 2 110 792