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Walter Lewis (gridiron football)

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Walter Lewis
No. 10
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(1962-04-26) April 26, 1962 (age 62) Brewton, Alabama, U.S.
Career information
College:	Alabama
Undrafted:	1984
Career history
Memphis Showboats (1984–1985) Montreal Alouettes (1986)

Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-American (1983) First-team All-SEC (1983)

Walter Lewis (born April 26, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the United States Football League (USFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Lewis played college footballatAlabama,^[1] where he was the first African American quarterback to start for the Crimson Tide and legendary Hall of Fame coach Bear Bryant. He was also the last quarterback to start for Bryant. He played in 44 games from 1980-1983, passing for 4,257 yards with 29 touchdowns. He was named first team quarterback on the 1983 All-SEC football team, and was also selected by Football News as a second-team All-American.^[2]

Lewis was drafted in the third round of the 1984 Supplemental Draft by the New England Patriots,^[3] but never played in the NFL

Playing for the Memphis Showboats of the USFL, Lewis split time with Mike Kelley both seasons.^[4] In 1984, he completed 161 of 276 passes (58%) for 1,862 yards, 15 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions, and also ran 60 times for 552 yards and 5 touchdowns.^[5] In 1985, Lewis completed 97 of 184 (53%) for 1,593 yards, 16 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and also rushed 65 times for 591 yards and 4 touchdowns.^[6]

Lewis spent the 1986 season with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.

References

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^ Scarbinsky, Kevin (November 26, 2008). "Your last Iron Bowl stays with you -- just ask Alabama's Walter Lewis". AL. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

^ "All-America". The Sioux City Journal. November 30, 1983. p. C2. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "1984 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2023.

^ "Showboats to use two quarterbacks". Times Daily. June 7, 1985. p. 10B.

^ "Memphis Showboats: 1984 statistical leaders". The McIntire Corporation. 2007. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008.

^ "Memphis Showboats: 1985 statistical leaders". The McIntire Corporation. 2007. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008.

Alabama Crimson Tide starting quarterbacks

Walker (1892–1894)
Burr (1895–1896)
Tutwiler (1897)
Johnston (1899)
Drennen (1900–1901)
Wyatt (1902–1903)
Ward (1904)
T. Smith (1905)
Hannon (1906–1907)
Peebles (1908–1910)
Moody (1909–1912)
Joplin (1912, 1914)
Harsh (1914–1915)
Creen (1916)
Hagan (1913, 1917)
Lenoir (1917)
Sewell (1919)
Hovater (1920)
Bartlett (1920–1922)
Rosenfeld (1921)
Gillis (1923–1924)
Hubert (1924–1925)
Barnes (1925–1926)
Brasfield (1927)
McClintock (1927–1928)
Vines (1929)
J. Tucker (1930–1931)
Campbell (1930–1931)
R. Smith (1934–1935)
Riley (1936)
Bradford (1936–1938)
Hughes (1937–1938)
DeShane (1939–1940)
McWhorter (1941–1942)
Gilmer (1944–1947)
Self (1945–1946)
Morrow (1947)
Brown (1948)
Salem (1948–1950)
Avinger (1949–1950)
Hobson (1951–1952)
Starr (1953–1955)
Walls (1956)
B. Smith (1956–1957)
Jackson (1958)
Trammell (1959–1961)
Namath (1962–1964)
Sloan (1962–1965)
Stabler (1966–1967)
Trimble (1966)
Hunter (1968–1970)
Hayden (1970)
Davis (1971–1972)
G. Rutledge (1973)
Todd (1974–1975)
J. Rutledge (1976–1978)
Shealy (1979)
Jacobs (1980)
Coley (1981)
Gray (1981)
Lewis (1981–1983)
Shula (1984–1986)
Sutton (1984, 1987–1988)
D. Smith (1987–1988)
Dunn (1987–1989)
Hollingsworth (1989–1990)
Woodson (1991)
Barker (1991–1994)
Burgdorf (1993, 1995)
Kitchens (1995–1997)
L. Tucker (1997)
Phillips (1998)
Zow (1998–2001)
Watts (1999–2002)
Croyle (2002–2005)
Pennington (2003–2004)
Avalos (2003)
Guillon (2004)
Wilson (2006–2008)
McElroy (2009–2010)
McCarron (2011–2013)
Sims (2014)
Coker (2015)
Bateman (2015)
Barnett (2016)
Hurts (2016–2017)
Tagovailoa (2018–2019)
Jones (2019–2020)
Young (2021–2022)
Milroe (2022–present)
Buchner (2023)

Montreal Alouettes starting quarterbacks

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