Bob Davis (quarterback)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1945)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Bob Davis

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| number = 12, 15

| position = Quarterback

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|9|15}}

| birth_place = Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 205

| high_school = Neptune
(Neptune Township, New Jersey)

| college = Virginia

| draftyear = 1967

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 30

| pastteams =

• Houston Oilers (1967–1969)
• New York Jets ({{NFL Year|1970|1972}})
• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1973}})
• Florida Blazers (1974)
• Philadelphia Bell (1975)

| highlights =

• Virginia Cavaliers Jersey No. 12 retired
• ACC Player of the Year (1966)
• 3× First-team All-ACC (1964, 1965, 1966)

| statlabel1 = TD–INT

| statvalue1 = 14–23

| statlabel2 = Passing yards

| statvalue2 = 1,553

| statlabel3 = Passer rating

| statvalue3 = 42.1

| pfr = D/DaviBo00

}}

Robert Ellerslie Davis, Jr. (born September 15, 1945) is an American former professional football quarterback. He played at the University of Virginia. Davis played for the American Football League (AFL)'s Houston Oilers, for the National Football League (NFL)'s New York Jets and New Orleans Saints, and in the World Football League (WFL) in 1974 and 1975 for the Florida Blazers and Philadelphia Bell. 1974 was his best season as he completed 232 of 413 passes for 2977 yards with 21 touchdowns and 23 interceptions.

Davis played high school football at Neptune High School.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070208045037/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DAVISBOB03 Bob Davis]}}, database Football. Accessed December 15, 2007.

Davis was a resident of the Wayside section of Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.Harvin, Al. [https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/12/archives/an-offseason-game-new-jersey-sports.html "An Offseason Game; New Jersey Sports"], The New York Times, January 12, 1973. Accessed December 15, 2007. "When Bob Davis was a senior at Neptune (N.J.) High School he had a decision to make-play basketball, or football. He chose football. "I was actually a much better basketball player in high school than I was a football player," says Davis, now a resident of Wayside, N.J., and the backup quarterback to Joe Namath of the New York Jets."