Tony Teresa

American gridiron football player (1933–1984)
American football player
Tony Teresa
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Position:Halfback
Personal information
Born:(1933-12-08)December 8, 1933
Pittsburg, California, U.S.
Died:October 16, 1984(1984-10-16) (aged 50)
Career information
College:San Jose State
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Rushing attempts-yards:139-608
Receptions-yards:35-393
Touchdowns:10
Player stats at NFL.com

Anthony Michael Teresa (December 8, 1933 – October 16, 1984) was an American gridiron football halfback. He played college football for San Jose State, then played professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL), National Football League (NFL), and American Football League (AFL).

Following his college career at San Jose State, Teresa played quarterback in the CFL for the BC Lions in 1956 and 1957. He completed 35.8% of his 67 passes for 371 yards. In 1958, Teresa played one game for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers. He later played one season for the AFL's Oakland Raiders. He was the first player to score a touchdown for the Raiders franchise. In the Raiders inaugural season, Teresa led the team in rushing touchdowns and receiving touchdowns, and threw one touchdown pass.

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San Jose State Spartans starting quarterbacks
  • Wilbur V. Hubbard (1925–1928)
  • Roy Zimmerman (1938–1939)
  • Deward Tornell (1940)
  • Allen Hardisty (1941)
  • Jim Jackson (1947)
  • Chuck Hughes (1948)
  • Gene Menges (1948–1950)
  • Lynn Aplanalp (1951–1952)
  • Larry Rice (1953)
  • Benny Pierce (1954)
  • Tony Teresa (1955)
  • Bob Reinhart (1956)
  • Dick Vermeil (1957)
  • Emmett Lee (1958–1959)
  • Mike Jones (1960)
  • Chon Gallegos (1961)
  • Rand Carter (1962–1963)
  • Ken Berry (1964–1965)
  • Danny Holman (1966–1967)
  • Russ Munson (1968)
  • Ivan Lippi (1969–1970)
  • Gary Tomasso (1970)
  • Dave Ellis (1971)
  • Craig Kimball (1972–1974)
  • Roger Profitt (1975)
  • Steve DeBerg (1976)
  • Ed Luther (1977–1979)
  • Steve Clarkson (1980–1982)
  • Jon Carlson (1983, 1985)
  • Bob Frasco (1984)
  • Doug Allen (1985)
  • Mike Perez (1986–1987)
  • Ken Lutz (1988)
  • Matt Veatch (1989, 1991)
  • Ralph Martini (1989–1990)
  • Jeff Garcia (1991–1993)
  • Alli Abrew (1994–1995)
  • Brent Evans (1994)
  • Carl Dean (1995–1996)
  • Brian Vye (1997–1998)
  • Dan O'Dell (1997)
  • Chris Kasteler (1997–1999)
  • Marcus Arroyo (1998, 2000–2001)
  • Clint Carlson (2001)
  • Scott Rislov (2002–2003)
  • Dale Rogers (2004)
  • Adam Tafralis (2004–2007)
  • Myles Eden (2008)
  • Kyle Reed (2008–2009)
  • Sean Flynn (2008)
  • Jordan La Secla (2009–2010)
  • Matt Faulkner (2011)
  • Dasmen Stewart (2011)
  • David Fales (2012–2013)
  • Blake Jurich (2014)
  • Joe Gray (2014–2015)
  • Mitch Ravizza (2014)
  • Kenny Potter (2015–2016)
  • Josh Love (2016–2019)
  • Montel Aaron (2017–2018)
  • Michael Carillo (2018)
  • Nick Starkel (2020–2021)
  • Nick Nash (2021)
  • Chevan Cordeiro (2022–2023)


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