Greg Latta
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Position: | Tight End | ||||||||||
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Date of birth: | October 13, 1952 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Newark, New Jersey | ||||||||||
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Place of death: | Newark, New Jersey | ||||||||||
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High school: | Newark (NJ) South Side | ||||||||||
College: | Morgan State | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1974 / Round: 8 / Pick: 188 | ||||||||||
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Gregory Edwin Latta (October 13, 1952 - September 28, 1994) was an American football player. As tight end, he was drafted by the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League, but played instead for the Florida Blazers of the World Football League in 1974. He was traded to the Chicago Bears in 1975 for third- and seventh-round draft picks, along with the head coach of the Blazers, Jack Pardee.[1] Latta was a member of the Bears from 1975 to 1979.
In his rookie season with the Florida Blazers, Latta caught 39 passes for 815 yards and nine touchdown receptions. The Blazers went to the 1974 World Bowl Championship game falling 22-21 to the Birmingham Americans.
During his 5-year NFL career, the 6-foot-three, 227-pound tight end caught 90 passes for 1,081 yards and 7 touchdowns. On special teams, he returned 3 kickoffs for 22 yards.[2]
Background
Latta attended South Side High School in Newark[3] and Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland.
Death
He died on September 28, 1994 at St. Michael's Hospital, Newark, New Jersey. He was 41 years old.
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- 1952 births
- 1994 deaths
- Chicago Bears players
- Florida Blazers players
- American football tight ends
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Morgan State Bears football players
- Sportspeople from Newark, New Jersey
- Players of American football from New Jersey