Babe Parilli

Vito "Babe" Parilli

1952 Bowman football card
No. 15, 18, 10
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(1930-05-07)May 7, 1930 Rochester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:	July 15, 2017(2017-07-15) (aged 87) Parker, Colorado, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	196 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school:	Rochester
College:	Kentucky
NFL draft:	1952 / round: 1 / pick: 4
Career history
As a player:
Green Bay Packers (1952–1953) Cleveland Browns (1956) Green Bay Packers (1957–1958) Ottawa Rough Riders (1959) Oakland Raiders (1960) Boston Patriots (1961–1967) New York Jets (1968–1969)
As a coach:
Pittsburgh Steelers (1973) (QB) New York Stars (1974) Denver Broncos (1977–1979) (QB) New England Patriots (1981) (QB) Denver Gold (1984) (OC) New England Steamrollers (1988) Denver Dynamite (1989–1991) Charlotte Rage (1992) Las Vegas Sting (1994–1995) Anaheim Piranhas (1996) Florida Bobcats (1997)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (III) AFL champion (1968) AFL Comeback Player of the Year (1966) Boston Patriots All-1960s Team New England Patriots Hall of Fame First-team All-AFL (1964) 3× AFL All-Star (1963, 1964, 1966) AFL passing yards leader (1964) 1966 AFL All-Star Game MVP 2× Consensus All-American (1950, 1951) SEC Player of the Year (1950) 2× First-team All-SEC (1950, 1951) Second-team All-SEC (1949) Inducted into KY Pro Football HOF (2004)
Career NFL statistics
Pass attempts: 3,330 Pass completions: 1,552 Percentage: 46.6 TD–INT: 178–220 Passing yards: 22,681 Passer rating: 59.6 Stats at Pro Football Reference
College Football Hall of Fame

Vito "Babe" Parilli (May 7, 1930 – July 15, 2017) was an American football quarterback and coach who played professionally for 18 seasons. Parilli spent five seasons in the National Football League (NFL), three in the Canadian Football League (CFL), and 10 in the American Football League (AFL). He played college football at the University of Kentucky, where he twice received consensus All-American honors and won two consecutive bowl games.

Parilli achieved his greatest professional success in the AFL as the starting quarterback of the Boston Patriots from 1961 to 1967. He earned three All-Star Game selections, while leading the Patriots to their only AFL postseason and championship game appearance in 1963. Present for the entirety of the AFL's existence, Parilli played his final seasons for the New York Jets and was part of the team that won a Super Bowl title in Super Bowl III. After retiring as a player, he served as a coach in the NFL, World Football League (WFL), and Arena Football League (AFL) from 1973 to 1997. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.