David W. Mays III (born June 20, 1949) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Texas Southern. He played professionally in the World Football League (WFL) in 1974, then in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons, for the Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills.
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Born: | June 20, 1949 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Southern University Lab (LA) | ||||||||
| College: | Texas Southern | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1971 | ||||||||
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Football career
editMays began his pro football career in 1974 with the World Football League's Houston Texans and Shreveport Steamer before coming to the NFL.[1] He is remembered for filling in for Brian Sipe of the Cleveland Browns, who was knocked out of a game on October 10, 1976, against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mays started the season as the third-string quarterback and had never played in the NFL regular season before. He led the Browns to an 18–16 victory.
Personal life
editMays was a Doctor of Dental Surgery, even during his playing days with the Browns. He practiced dentistry for 20 years in Greater Cleveland. He was accused of the 1990 attempted murder of the dentist to whom he had sold his practice, but was acquitted in a 1992 trial.[2] In 1994, he was found guilty of welfare fraud for operating a phony billing scheme.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mays to help fans Select-A-Seat". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ Torassa, Ulysses (October 2, 1992). "Dr. Mays Acquitted As Slasher". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio.
- ^ Torassa, Ulysses (April 28, 1994). "Dentist Convicted in Fraud". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio.
After a six-week trial and 3 days of deliberations, a Cuyahoga County jury convicted Mays of 36 charges connected to a phony billing scheme that netted him $2.6 million for dental work he never did.
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