Gary Dolphin
speaker
4,064 appearances
12 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 2d ago
Gary Dolphin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Sixty years ago, Iowa flanker wide receiver Carl Noonan was an all-American on a team loaded with two-way stars.
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Quarterback Gary Snook, linebackers and linemen Wally Hilgenberg and Mike Riley, John Nylon, Gary Fletcher, and others who played for Coach Jerry Burns.
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Noonan set the school record at the time for receptions, yardage, and touchdowns.
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That caught the attention of NFL scouts, including the
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Miami Dolphins Joe Thomas, who would eventually ascend a vice president of the club, building that franchise into a Super Bowl champion with Coach Don Shula.
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Carl Noonan went undrafted in 1966, but Thomas wanted to sign him as a free agent.
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Noonan agreed on one condition that if the Dolphins let him go, it wouldn't be until the end of training camp.
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Noonan didn't realize it at the time, but he'd offered the first time.
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and authored the first no cut contract.
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But it all started in the quad cities at Davenport Assumption High School, where Noonan worshipped his Hawkeye heroes like Hall of Fame defensive back and fellow receiver Paul Krauss.
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And what I find fascinating is uh and again, this is in the sixties, you negotiated part of your own contract with the Miami Dolphins.
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Undrafted, you you ended up being an all pro receiver with Miami, played on the only uh w the on that seventeen and oh uh Dolphin team that uh made a deep run, got to the Super Bowl, and uh but but I love the part of the that you that you uh made the Dolphins guarantee.
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guarantee that you wouldn't be cut until the end of the season.
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So I wanna go to the seventeen and oh undefeated season.
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Uh what a cast of characters.
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Uh Saka, uh greasy, uh a great offensive line, wonderful defense.
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Uh uh that w that was a special time uh for the uh for the AFC, AFL and certainly the Miami Dolphins.
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That's great.
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And I you you led the National Football League in touchdown receptions one year.
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I think it was seventeen or eighteen if I looked at the numbers right.
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