He was Michael Vick before there was a Michael Vick, the epitome of a mobile quarterback before term was really ever coined.
In 1972 Bobby Douglass set the rushing record by a quarterback with 968 yards and eight touchdowns over a 14-game schedule, a mark that stood for 34 years until Vick broke it in 2006 with 1,039 yards and two TD’s – over a 16-game year.
Were Douglass playing in the current NFL, “I’m not sure I wouldn’t have a 1,500-yard [rushing] season, because they spread the field so much,” Douglass told CSNChicago.com, laughing.