Frank Pitts

Frank Pitts

Infobox Pro Football player
Name=Frank Pitts


Color=Red
fontcolor=yellow
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1943|11|12
Birthplace=Atlanta, Georgia
DateofDeath=
Position=WR
Stats=y
College=Southern University
AFLDraftedYear=1965
AFLDraftedRound=4
Jersey=25
Stats=y
DatabaseFootball=PITTSFRA01
PFR=PittFr00
ProBowls=
years=1965-1969
1970
1971-1973
1974
teams=AFL Kansas City Chiefs
NFL Kansas City Chiefs
NFL Cleveland Browns
NFL Oakland Raiders

Frank Pitts (born November 12, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for ten seasons for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs from 1965 through 1969, and then the NFL Chiefs, Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders.

Hank Stram told the play to Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson. "Listen, let's have a ... 9-0-8, 51 G-O reverse." As Dawson ran back to the huddle, Stram told everyone on the sidelines, "Here comes the reverse from Tight I, it could be wide open." Dawson took the snap, faked to Wendell Hayes on the left side of the line, then turned the ball to a sprinting Frank Pitts, who turned the corner and jetted down the right sideline for 20 yards. It was one of the biggest plays of the Chiefs' Super Bowl IV win over the Minnesota Vikings, and ti set up Jan Stenerud's third field goal.

Pitts ran the reverse again in the third quarter and picked up a critical first down. Otis Taylor scored on the next play.

Pitts came to the Chiefs in 1965, the team's fourth-round draft pick. He had speed and desire, but throughout the wide receiver's first three seasons in Kansas City. he acquired a "bad hands" label. he worked through the problem, and whenOtis Taylor was injured in 1968, Pitts stepped in. He was a starter the next three seasons, and his end around reverse runs became a big part of the Chiefs' offense.

In 74 games for Kansas City, Pitts caught 78 passes for 11 touchdowns and ran the ball 24 times for 238 yards and one touchdown. The Chiefs traded Pitts to the Cleveland Browns before the the start of the 1971 season.

Frank currently resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Frank is married to Diane Guidy Pitts and they have three children

ee also

*Other American Football League players


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