In a hotel ballroom in New York City 50 years ago, the Miami Dolphins made one of the best draft decisions in franchise history in just their second run at the thing.
The Dolphins, an expansion team which went 3-11 in 1966, took a franchise — and future Hall of Fame — quarterback in the 1967 draft held at the Gotham Hotel.
Bob Griese, an All-American out of Purdue, became the third first round draft pick of the Miami Dolphins on March 14, 1967, as the franchise had two the previous year.
Griese went on to lead the Miami Dolphins throughout the 1970s, heading the Dolphins to the Super Bowl in three successive seasons.