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Robert W. Timberlake (born October 18, 1943) is a former American football player who played college football for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1962 to 1964 and for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) in 1965.

Bob Timberlake
Timberlake (left) with Bump Elliott, 1964
No. 18
Position:Placekicker
Personal information
Born: (1943-10-18) October 18, 1943 (age 80)
Middletown, Ohio, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:Franklin (OH)
College:Michigan
NFL draft:1965 / Round: 3 / Pick: 33
AFL draft:1965 / Round: 13 / Pick: 104
(by the Buffalo Bills)[1]
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Timberlake was the starting quarterback for Michigan who led the Wolverines to the 1964 Big Ten Conference championship and a 34–7 victory over Oregon State Beavers in the 1965 Rose Bowl.[2] Timberlake was selected as a first-team All-American in 1964, received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten, and finished fourth in the 1964 Heisman Trophy voting. Over his three years at Michigan, Timberlake rushed for 315 yards and passed for 1,507 yards. He was responsible for 19 touchdowns, eleven rushing and eight passing. He also served as the team's punter and placekicker with six field goals, 36 extra points, and a total of 121 points scored.[3]

After a brief career in professional football, Timberlake became an ordained Presbyterian minister. Even during his football career, Timberlake was outspoken about his Christian faith. He has also been active in Habitat for Humanity. Since 2003, he has been on the faculty of Marquette University where he teaches courses in community service and affordable housing.

College football edit

Timberlake was born in Middletown, Ohio,[4] but he was raised in Franklin, Ohio and played football for the Franklin Wildcats. He was originally recruited as a halfback and played more than any other Michigan player at halfback in 1962.[5] However, he was later switched to the quarterback position and had his greatest success there.

1964 regular season edit

In 1964, Timberlake led the Wolverines football team to their first Big Ten Conference championship since 1950,[6] breaking the longest championship drought in school history. Playing quarterback, Timberlake's total offense of 1,381 yards (807 passing and 574 rushing) was the second highest in Michigan history at that time. The 1964 Wolverines outscored their opponents 235–83, finished the regular season 8–1,[7] and narrowly missed an undefeated season with a 21–20 loss to a Purdue Boilermakers team led by sophomore Bob Griese.[8] By virtue of turnovers, Purdue led 21–14 with five minutes remaining. Timberlake ran an option play to the left side and went 54 yards for a touchdown. Rather than kick the extra point for the tie, Timberlake carried again on the option play to the right, but was tackled one foot short of the goal line, and two points short of an undefeated season. When Michigan and Ohio State met in Columbus, Ohio on November 21, 1964, both teams were in the Top 10 in the national rankings. Michigan had not beaten Ohio State since 1959. Michigan won 10–0, as Ohio native Timberlake was responsible for all ten points, including a 17-yard touchdown pass to Jim Detwiler and a fourth-quarter, 27-yard field goal to clinch the game.[9][10]

1965 Rose Bowl edit

 
Timberlake led the team in the 1965 Rose Bowl.

The Wolverines (ranked No. 4) advanced to the Rose Bowl where they defeated Tommy Prothro's Oregon State Beavers, 34–7, on New Year's Day. Prior to the Rose Bowl, much of the attention was focused on Michigan's veteran quarterback. The Pasadena Star-News wrote that Timberlake was "the key" to Michigan's attack: "He does everything—run, pass, kick field goals, soup up the team…Timberlake has had that strength. The Wolverines listen to him and they believe in him. At 6–4 and weighing 215 pounds, Timberlake is a Lincoln to look up to."[5] Mel Anthony scored three touchdowns for Michigan, and Timberlake and the Wolverines gained 415 yards in the game. Timberlake was 7-for-10 passing for 77 yards, and added 57 yards rushing, including a 24-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.[2]

Post-season honors edit

At the end of the 1964 season, Timberlake was awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference.[11] He placed fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting (losing to Notre Dame's John Huarte),[12] and was also named to multiple All-American teams. After attending an All-American dinner at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Timberlake reported, "There is a great deal of loneliness in being an All-America. . . . I get sick of it. They all want to shake your hand, but they don't really know you. All they do is stick out the glad hand. I don't mind talking to anyone who is interested in ideas, but nothing makes me sicker than having my name dropped by people who don't know anything about me except that I'm an All-America."[13] He joked that he might write an autobiography called, "The Loneliness of an All-America."[13] He was also an A-minus student majoring in sociology, was named a scholar-athlete by National Football Association, and was placed on the Big Ten All-Academic team two years in a row.[5][10]

Religion in Timberlake's life edit

Timberlake was outspoken during his time in the limelight about the importance of his Christian faith. While attending the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, he said that at one point he felt his "whole life was really off the track", but "the guidance of Dr. Ernest T. Campbell, a great speaker" at the First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor helped him to develop his faith.[14] Timberlake taught Sunday school and said he intended to become a Presbyterian minister.[5][15] At a speech in Mansfield, Ohio, shortly after winning the Rose Bowl in January 1965, Timberlake said, "I couldn't have played football if it hadn't been for Jesus Christ."[16] He continued, "God changed my life. He promises the abundant life, which he has given me, and eternal life, which if I die I'm sure I will have. There's peace associated with being a Christian."[16]

Timberlake also spoke openly of his personal conversion as he walked in a parking lot while on a night watchman's job at a Chevrolet plant in Warren, Michigan. Timberlake defined a Christian as "one who has Christ as his personal savior," and not just a person who was brought up in a Christian home or goes to church.[16]

When he signed a professional football contract with the New York Giants, Timberlake stated that he intended to take ministerial training at Princeton Theological Seminary during the off-season.[15] He noted, "I don't really want to play professional football, because there is no privacy and no time to be alone when you're a famous athlete."[17] He emphasized that, if he were ever forced to choose between professional football or studying for the ministry, he would give up football: "I see no reason why I can't do both, but if I have to give up pro ball, I'll certainly do it."[13] Timberlake said the thing he would always remember about playing football was the 20 minutes before kickoff. He recalled that those 20 minutes were "horrible." "You want to go home. You want to quit football. It is times like these when something happens to me. I can't explain it. I put my face in my hands and ask God to come into my heart and give me courage. He gives me peace."[16]

When a boy asked Timberlake for his autograph at the Giants' rookie camp in 1965, Timberlake signed his name but also wrote citations to two Bible verses: John 3:16 and 1 Peter 1:5–9. The boy asked, "What's that?" Timberlake explained they were Bible verses, and he told reporters he started doing it about six months earlier, hoping the kids would look up the verses.[18] In 1965, such public religious expressions were not common among athletes, and columnists made note of the fact that Timberlake "packs a Bible in his suitcase and keeps one in his locker."[18]

While playing for the Giants in October 1965, he told an interviewer: "I'm playing football to convey Christianity either indirectly or directly and to give me access to you people. The eye of American is upon the sports' field, so I can reach more people playing football. I guess you can say my goal is to spread a Christian message."[19] At that time, he was attending Princeton Theological Seminary once a week and planned to attend full-time after the football season.[19] Asked if the violent nature of football was inconsistent with his Christian beliefs, Timberlake noted that "you don't need to hurt anyone to get by" in football and that the game involved skill, timing and execution more than violence. He then joked, "There's nothing really wrong with good, clean violence."[19]

Professional football edit

The New York Giants drafted Timberlake in the third round of the 1965 NFL Draft. He signed a two-year contract with the Giants for an estimated $85,000 ($12,500 per year base plus $60,000 in bonuses and fringe benefits).[15][20] Timberlake turned down offers from the Buffalo Bills in the American Football League (AFL) and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League (CFL) because he had an opportunity to compete for a starting job with the Giants.[15] Future Pro Football Hall of Famer Y. A. Tittle’s tenure with the Giants was over, and Timberlake was expected to compete in a new system that would emphasize rushing quarterbacks.[15][20]

Timberlake did not get the quarterback spot with the Giants and was assigned as kickoff specialist; he was also used as a kicker on long field goals for the 1965 NFL season. In a nationally televised game on October 3, 1965, at Pittsburgh, Timberlake hit a 43-yard field goal in a 23–13 win. Timberlake’s kick against the Pittsburgh Steelers was the last field goal by any Giants kicker that season.

Early in an October 24 game against the Cleveland Browns, the Giants' main placekicker twisted an ankle. Timberlake took over as the team’s full-time kicker until the season’s final week. Timberlake went 0-for-14 in field goal attempts for the rest of the season, and three of his shorter attempts were blocked.

In the 1966 pre-season, Timberlake was third on the Giants' depth chart at quarterback. In the September 1966 issue of the Sporting News, Timberlake lamented: "I’m not doing anything. For four days the other week, I didn’t throw a single pass. Not a single pass." After just one season, the Giants cut Timberlake from the team on August 29, 1966, at their camp in Fairfield, Connecticut.[21]

In an article concluding that Timberlake may have been the worst placekicker in NFL history, the writer concluded: "Timberlake’s 1-for-15 performance makes him look like a laughingstock. He’s better remembered as one of Michigan’s great quarterbacks, a Rose Bowl hero who might have had what it took to be a fine pro quarterback or running back. It’s a shame he was asked to do what he couldn’t."[20] Sports blog Deadspin ranked Timberlake the 2nd-worst player to ever play in the NFL, only behind quarterback Rusty Lisch.[22]

Impact on the AFL–NFL merger edit

Because of Timberlake's poor performance as a kicker in 1965, the Giants signed Buffalo Bills kicker Pete Gogolak in 1966, who was also football's first soccer-style kicker. Previously, kickers kicked the ball straight on instead of at a soccer-style angle, which improved accuracy and is the standard at all levels of football today.[23] This ended a "gentleman's agreement" between the NFL and the AFL in not signing each other's players, and would start a rash of signings that would eventually led to the two leagues merging.[citation needed]

In an NFL Films documentary featuring Timberlake, Steve Sabol called Timberlake the "father of the Super Bowl", because his poor performance indirectly led to the two leagues merging and the Super Bowl being formed.[citation needed]

Life after football edit

Timberlake went on to become an ordained Presbyterian minister and a hospital administrator at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin,[24] which is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[20][25] In 2003, Timberlake joined the faculty of Marquette University where he teaches courses on community service and faith, and mentors the student Habitat for Humanity chapter.[25][26] In 2007, Timberlake said he saw the community service course as "an excellent opportunity to bring along the next generation" to address problems of neighborhood blight, poverty, family disorganization, failure in school, and incarceration for African-American males.[25] He described the problems facing the poor as "a colossal, colossal waste of human life."[25] Timberlake has been a volunteer for several years with Milwaukee's Habitat for Humanity chapter, and one of the courses he teaches at Marquette is called "Decent and Affordable Housing," in which students are instructed in construction methods (and use of power tools), investigate the causes of hyper-segregation, study substandard housing as a social injustice issue, and spend part of the semester at a Habitat for Humanity work site helping to build a house.[25][27][28] The course is taught through the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, which has hired Timberlake as an adjunct professor. Timberlake, who is not an engineer by trade, has overseen the construction of eleven garages through the project.[29] Timberlake is a proponent of gay marriage.[24]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  2. ^ a b . Regents of the University of Michigan. 2003. Archived from the original on May 12, 2005. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
  3. ^ . The Regents of the University of Michigan. August 25, 2003. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
  4. ^ . databaseFootball.com. databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
  5. ^ a b c d Hendrickson, Joe (December 22, 1964). "OSU To Dog Timberlake's Steps? Michigan QB Key to Attack". Star News (Pasadena).
  6. ^ "U of M Football". The Regents of the University of Michigan. May 26, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
  7. ^ "1964 Football Team". The Regents of the University of Michigan. March 31, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
  8. ^ . Regents of the University of Michigan. 2003. Archived from the original on May 13, 2005. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
  9. ^ . Regents of the University of Michigan. 2003. Archived from the original on May 13, 2005. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
  10. ^ a b "Timberlake Gives Full Credit to Defense Unit". San Antonio Express. November 26, 1964.
  11. ^ "Tribune Silver Football winners, 1924-2005". The Chicago Tribune. 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2007.
  12. ^ . heisman.com. 2007. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
  13. ^ a b c "Timberlake Experiences Those All-America Blues". The Lima (Ohio) News. December 20, 1964.
  14. ^ "Timberlake's New Role". Ludington Daily News. Associated Press. May 25, 1965. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com. 
  15. ^ a b c d e "Timberlake Accepts $85,000 Giant Pact". the Lima (Ohio) News (UPI). January 31, 1965.
  16. ^ a b c d "Says God Changed His Life". News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio). January 15, 1965.
  17. ^ Steward, D.L. (January 15, 1965). "Timberlake Cool To 3 Pro Offers". News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio).
  18. ^ a b Gross, Milton (July 3, 1965). "Timberlake's Looks Deceiving". Independent (Pasadena).
  19. ^ a b c Meyers, Jeff (October 26, 1965). "Today's Sportrait: Bob Timberlake". Ames Daily Tribune (UPI).
  20. ^ a b c d Tanier, Mike (June 20, 2006). . Football Outsiders, Inc. Archived from the original on October 27, 2006. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
  21. ^ "Timberlake Cut". Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Md.). August 30, 1966.
  22. ^ The Bottom 100: The Worst Players in NFL History. Deadspin. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  23. ^ Corio, Ray (January 8, 1990). "Question Box". The New York Times. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
  24. ^ a b Timberlake, Robert. . Marquette Tribune. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
  25. ^ a b c d e (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2009.
  26. ^ "Marquette University Habitat for Humanity".
  27. ^ . Archived from the original on September 9, 2006.
  28. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2009.
  29. ^ "Escaping poverty". Marquette University. Retrieved January 17, 2008.

External links edit

  • Profile from Bentley Historical Library
  • Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference · 

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Robert W Timberlake born October 18 1943 is a former American football player who played college football for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1962 to 1964 and for the New York Giants of the National Football League NFL in 1965 Bob TimberlakeTimberlake left with Bump Elliott 1964No 18Position PlacekickerPersonal informationBorn 1943 10 18 October 18 1943 age 80 Middletown Ohio U S Height 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m Weight 220 lb 100 kg Career informationHigh school Franklin OH College MichiganNFL draft 1965 Round 3 Pick 33AFL draft 1965 Round 13 Pick 104 by the Buffalo Bills 1 Career historyNew York Giants 1965 Career highlights and awardsFirst team All American 1964 Chicago Tribune Silver Football 1964 First team All Big Ten 1964 Career NFL statisticsField goals 1 15Field goal 6 7Extra points 21 22Player stats at NFL com Timberlake was the starting quarterback for Michigan who led the Wolverines to the 1964 Big Ten Conference championship and a 34 7 victory over Oregon State Beavers in the 1965 Rose Bowl 2 Timberlake was selected as a first team All American in 1964 received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten and finished fourth in the 1964 Heisman Trophy voting Over his three years at Michigan Timberlake rushed for 315 yards and passed for 1 507 yards He was responsible for 19 touchdowns eleven rushing and eight passing He also served as the team s punter and placekicker with six field goals 36 extra points and a total of 121 points scored 3 After a brief career in professional football Timberlake became an ordained Presbyterian minister Even during his football career Timberlake was outspoken about his Christian faith He has also been active in Habitat for Humanity Since 2003 he has been on the faculty of Marquette University where he teaches courses in community service and affordable housing Contents 1 College football 1 1 1964 regular season 1 2 1965 Rose Bowl 1 3 Post season honors 2 Religion in Timberlake s life 3 Professional football 3 1 Impact on the AFL NFL merger 4 Life after football 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksCollege football editTimberlake was born in Middletown Ohio 4 but he was raised in Franklin Ohio and played football for the Franklin Wildcats He was originally recruited as a halfback and played more than any other Michigan player at halfback in 1962 5 However he was later switched to the quarterback position and had his greatest success there 1964 regular season edit In 1964 Timberlake led the Wolverines football team to their first Big Ten Conference championship since 1950 6 breaking the longest championship drought in school history Playing quarterback Timberlake s total offense of 1 381 yards 807 passing and 574 rushing was the second highest in Michigan history at that time The 1964 Wolverines outscored their opponents 235 83 finished the regular season 8 1 7 and narrowly missed an undefeated season with a 21 20 loss to a Purdue Boilermakers team led by sophomore Bob Griese 8 By virtue of turnovers Purdue led 21 14 with five minutes remaining Timberlake ran an option play to the left side and went 54 yards for a touchdown Rather than kick the extra point for the tie Timberlake carried again on the option play to the right but was tackled one foot short of the goal line and two points short of an undefeated season When Michigan and Ohio State met in Columbus Ohio on November 21 1964 both teams were in the Top 10 in the national rankings Michigan had not beaten Ohio State since 1959 Michigan won 10 0 as Ohio native Timberlake was responsible for all ten points including a 17 yard touchdown pass to Jim Detwiler and a fourth quarter 27 yard field goal to clinch the game 9 10 1965 Rose Bowl edit nbsp Timberlake led the team in the 1965 Rose Bowl The Wolverines ranked No 4 advanced to the Rose Bowl where they defeated Tommy Prothro s Oregon State Beavers 34 7 on New Year s Day Prior to the Rose Bowl much of the attention was focused on Michigan s veteran quarterback The Pasadena Star News wrote that Timberlake was the key to Michigan s attack He does everything run pass kick field goals soup up the team Timberlake has had that strength The Wolverines listen to him and they believe in him At 6 4 and weighing 215 pounds Timberlake is a Lincoln to look up to 5 Mel Anthony scored three touchdowns for Michigan and Timberlake and the Wolverines gained 415 yards in the game Timberlake was 7 for 10 passing for 77 yards and added 57 yards rushing including a 24 yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter 2 Post season honors edit At the end of the 1964 season Timberlake was awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference 11 He placed fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting losing to Notre Dame s John Huarte 12 and was also named to multiple All American teams After attending an All American dinner at New York s Waldorf Astoria Hotel Timberlake reported There is a great deal of loneliness in being an All America I get sick of it They all want to shake your hand but they don t really know you All they do is stick out the glad hand I don t mind talking to anyone who is interested in ideas but nothing makes me sicker than having my name dropped by people who don t know anything about me except that I m an All America 13 He joked that he might write an autobiography called The Loneliness of an All America 13 He was also an A minus student majoring in sociology was named a scholar athlete by National Football Association and was placed on the Big Ten All Academic team two years in a row 5 10 Religion in Timberlake s life editTimberlake was outspoken during his time in the limelight about the importance of his Christian faith While attending the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor he said that at one point he felt his whole life was really off the track but the guidance of Dr Ernest T Campbell a great speaker at the First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor helped him to develop his faith 14 Timberlake taught Sunday school and said he intended to become a Presbyterian minister 5 15 At a speech in Mansfield Ohio shortly after winning the Rose Bowl in January 1965 Timberlake said I couldn t have played football if it hadn t been for Jesus Christ 16 He continued God changed my life He promises the abundant life which he has given me and eternal life which if I die I m sure I will have There s peace associated with being a Christian 16 Timberlake also spoke openly of his personal conversion as he walked in a parking lot while on a night watchman s job at a Chevrolet plant in Warren Michigan Timberlake defined a Christian as one who has Christ as his personal savior and not just a person who was brought up in a Christian home or goes to church 16 When he signed a professional football contract with the New York Giants Timberlake stated that he intended to take ministerial training at Princeton Theological Seminary during the off season 15 He noted I don t really want to play professional football because there is no privacy and no time to be alone when you re a famous athlete 17 He emphasized that if he were ever forced to choose between professional football or studying for the ministry he would give up football I see no reason why I can t do both but if I have to give up pro ball I ll certainly do it 13 Timberlake said the thing he would always remember about playing football was the 20 minutes before kickoff He recalled that those 20 minutes were horrible You want to go home You want to quit football It is times like these when something happens to me I can t explain it I put my face in my hands and ask God to come into my heart and give me courage He gives me peace 16 When a boy asked Timberlake for his autograph at the Giants rookie camp in 1965 Timberlake signed his name but also wrote citations to two Bible verses John 3 16 and 1 Peter 1 5 9 The boy asked What s that Timberlake explained they were Bible verses and he told reporters he started doing it about six months earlier hoping the kids would look up the verses 18 In 1965 such public religious expressions were not common among athletes and columnists made note of the fact that Timberlake packs a Bible in his suitcase and keeps one in his locker 18 While playing for the Giants in October 1965 he told an interviewer I m playing football to convey Christianity either indirectly or directly and to give me access to you people The eye of American is upon the sports field so I can reach more people playing football I guess you can say my goal is to spread a Christian message 19 At that time he was attending Princeton Theological Seminary once a week and planned to attend full time after the football season 19 Asked if the violent nature of football was inconsistent with his Christian beliefs Timberlake noted that you don t need to hurt anyone to get by in football and that the game involved skill timing and execution more than violence He then joked There s nothing really wrong with good clean violence 19 Professional football editThe New York Giants drafted Timberlake in the third round of the 1965 NFL Draft He signed a two year contract with the Giants for an estimated 85 000 12 500 per year base plus 60 000 in bonuses and fringe benefits 15 20 Timberlake turned down offers from the Buffalo Bills in the American Football League AFL and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League CFL because he had an opportunity to compete for a starting job with the Giants 15 Future Pro Football Hall of Famer Y A Tittle s tenure with the Giants was over and Timberlake was expected to compete in a new system that would emphasize rushing quarterbacks 15 20 Timberlake did not get the quarterback spot with the Giants and was assigned as kickoff specialist he was also used as a kicker on long field goals for the 1965 NFL season In a nationally televised game on October 3 1965 at Pittsburgh Timberlake hit a 43 yard field goal in a 23 13 win Timberlake s kick against the Pittsburgh Steelers was the last field goal by any Giants kicker that season Early in an October 24 game against the Cleveland Browns the Giants main placekicker twisted an ankle Timberlake took over as the team s full time kicker until the season s final week Timberlake went 0 for 14 in field goal attempts for the rest of the season and three of his shorter attempts were blocked In the 1966 pre season Timberlake was third on the Giants depth chart at quarterback In the September 1966 issue of the Sporting News Timberlake lamented I m not doing anything For four days the other week I didn t throw a single pass Not a single pass After just one season the Giants cut Timberlake from the team on August 29 1966 at their camp in Fairfield Connecticut 21 In an article concluding that Timberlake may have been the worst placekicker in NFL history the writer concluded Timberlake s 1 for 15 performance makes him look like a laughingstock He s better remembered as one of Michigan s great quarterbacks a Rose Bowl hero who might have had what it took to be a fine pro quarterback or running back It s a shame he was asked to do what he couldn t 20 Sports blog Deadspin ranked Timberlake the 2nd worst player to ever play in the NFL only behind quarterback Rusty Lisch 22 Impact on the AFL NFL merger edit Because of Timberlake s poor performance as a kicker in 1965 the Giants signed Buffalo Bills kicker Pete Gogolak in 1966 who was also football s first soccer style kicker Previously kickers kicked the ball straight on instead of at a soccer style angle which improved accuracy and is the standard at all levels of football today 23 This ended a gentleman s agreement between the NFL and the AFL in not signing each other s players and would start a rash of signings that would eventually led to the two leagues merging citation needed In an NFL Films documentary featuring Timberlake Steve Sabol called Timberlake the father of the Super Bowl because his poor performance indirectly led to the two leagues merging and the Super Bowl being formed citation needed Life after football editTimberlake went on to become an ordained Presbyterian minister and a hospital administrator at Children s Hospital of Wisconsin 24 which is located in Milwaukee Wisconsin 20 25 In 2003 Timberlake joined the faculty of Marquette University where he teaches courses on community service and faith and mentors the student Habitat for Humanity chapter 25 26 In 2007 Timberlake said he saw the community service course as an excellent opportunity to bring along the next generation to address problems of neighborhood blight poverty family disorganization failure in school and incarceration for African American males 25 He described the problems facing the poor as a colossal colossal waste of human life 25 Timberlake has been a volunteer for several years with Milwaukee s Habitat for Humanity chapter and one of the courses he teaches at Marquette is called Decent and Affordable Housing in which students are instructed in construction methods and use of power tools investigate the causes of hyper segregation study substandard housing as a social injustice issue and spend part of the semester at a Habitat for Humanity work site helping to build a house 25 27 28 The course is taught through the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department which has hired Timberlake as an adjunct professor Timberlake who is not an engineer by trade has overseen the construction of eleven garages through the project 29 Timberlake is a proponent of gay marriage 24 See also editList of Michigan Wolverines football All AmericansReferences edit 1965 AFL Draft Archived from the original on February 25 2017 Retrieved March 23 2017 a b Versus Oregon State January 1 1965 Regents of the University of Michigan 2003 Archived from the original on May 12 2005 Retrieved November 24 2007 Bentley Historical Library U of M Football Rosters The Regents of the University of Michigan August 25 2003 Archived from the original on September 28 2007 Retrieved November 25 2007 Bob Timberlake databaseFootball com databaseSports com Archived from the original on February 12 2007 Retrieved January 17 2008 a b c d Hendrickson Joe December 22 1964 OSU To Dog Timberlake s Steps Michigan QB Key to Attack Star News Pasadena U of M Football The Regents of the University of Michigan May 26 2007 Retrieved November 25 2007 1964 Football Team The Regents of the University of Michigan March 31 2007 Retrieved November 25 2007 Versus Purdue October 17 1964 Regents of the University of Michigan 2003 Archived from the original on May 13 2005 Retrieved November 24 2007 Versus Ohio State November 21 1964 Regents of the University of Michigan 2003 Archived from the original on May 13 2005 Retrieved November 24 2007 a b Timberlake Gives Full Credit to Defense Unit San Antonio Express November 26 1964 Tribune Silver Football winners 1924 2005 The Chicago Tribune 2007 Retrieved November 28 2007 1964 30th Award John Huarte Notre Dame Back heisman com 2007 Archived from the original on October 20 2007 Retrieved November 24 2007 a b c Timberlake Experiences Those All America Blues The Lima Ohio News December 20 1964 Timberlake s New Role Ludington Daily News Associated Press May 25 1965 p 8 via Newspapers com nbsp a b c d e Timberlake Accepts 85 000 Giant Pact the Lima Ohio News UPI January 31 1965 a b c d Says God Changed His Life News Journal Mansfield Ohio January 15 1965 Steward D L January 15 1965 Timberlake Cool To 3 Pro Offers News Journal Mansfield Ohio a b Gross Milton July 3 1965 Timberlake s Looks Deceiving Independent Pasadena a b c Meyers Jeff October 26 1965 Today s Sportrait Bob Timberlake Ames Daily Tribune UPI a b c d Tanier Mike June 20 2006 Every Stat Tells a Story The Worst Kicker Ever Football Outsiders Inc Archived from the original on October 27 2006 Retrieved November 24 2007 Timberlake Cut Morning Herald Hagerstown Md August 30 1966 The Bottom 100 The Worst Players in NFL History Deadspin Retrieved August 14 2014 Corio Ray January 8 1990 Question Box The New York Times Retrieved August 25 2008 a b Timberlake Robert Proposed amendment misses the real threats to marriage Marquette Tribune Archived from the original on April 27 2012 Retrieved January 17 2008 a b c d e Marquette University Engineering Making a Difference pp 12 14 PDF Archived from the original PDF on November 3 2009 Marquette University Habitat for Humanity Course Description NEW UCCS Course CEEN 190 Decent and Affordable Housing How We Get There From Here Archived from the original on September 9 2006 Ahoya Engineers PDF Archived from the original PDF on November 3 2009 Escaping poverty Marquette University Retrieved January 17 2008 External links editProfile from Bentley Historical Library Career statistics and player information from NFL com Pro Football Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bob Timberlake American football amp oldid 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