Jaworski, Ronald V.
Football
b. March 23, 1951, Lackawanna, NY
After starring at little Youngstown State University in Ohio, Jaworski was chosen in the second round of the 1973 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams. He spent his first season on the team's taxi squad and was added to the roster as backup quarterback in 1974.
He was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles before the 1977 season and became the starter there. Nicknamed the "Polish Rifle" because of his strong arm, the 6-foot-2, 198-pound Jaworski was named the National Football Conference player of the year by United Press International in 1980 and he also won the Bert Bell Trophy as the NFL's outstanding player.
He completed 257 of 451 passes for 3,529 yards and 27 touchdowns, with only 12 interceptions, that season and took the Eagles into the Super Bowl, where they lost 27-10 to the Oakland Raiders.
Jaworski played with Philadelphia through 1986 and finished his career as a backup with the Miami Dolphins in 1987. During his NFL career, he completed 2,142 of 4,042 passes for 27,682 yards and 176 touchdowns.