Emery Moorehead

{{Short description|American football player (born 1954)}}

{{Use American English|date=August 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Emery Moorehead

| number = 80, 86, 43, 87

| position = Tight end,
Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|3|22}}

| birth_place = Evanston, Illinois, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 218

| high_school = Evanston Township

| college = Colorado

| draftyear = 1977

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 153

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1977}}–{{NFL Year|1979}})
• Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|1980}})
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1981}}–{{NFL Year|1988}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XX)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 224

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 2,980

| statlabel3 = Receiving TDs

| statvalue3 = 15

| pfr = MoorEm00

}}

Emery Matthew Moorehead (born March 22, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end and wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and the Chicago Bears. He won a Super Bowl ring as the starting tight end and a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears.{{Cite web |date=1986-01-27 |title=Bears Trounce Patriots, 46-10, in Super Bowl |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-27-mn-540-story.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} Moorehead played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes football, where he played running back his first two seasons before converting to wide receiver as a junior. He captained the 1976 Big Eight Conference champion Buffalos and finished his college career with 231 rushing yards, 40 receptions for 751 yards, and six touchdowns.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/emery-moorehead-1.html|title = Emery Moorehead College Stats}} Moorehead was drafted in the sixth round of the 1977 NFL draft.

Moorehead is the father of ex-Indianapolis Colts receiver Aaron Moorehead, and the cousin of former NBA basketball player Brad Daugherty. Emery and his son Aaron are the NFL's first father and son duo to have both played in and won Super Bowls.{{Cite web|url=https://cubuffs.com/sports/2011/1/31/205087259.aspx|title=Of Fathers and Sons and the Fraternity of Football}}

Moorehead played a total of 12 seasons in the NFL and retired with 224 receptions for 2,980 yards and 15 touchdowns. He also returned 31 kickoffs for 617 yards and rushed for 114 yards. Moorehead was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 and later became a director of the Hall. He has served on the Board of Directors of Northeast Illinois Council of Boy Scouts since 1989. Moorehead earned the rank of Eagle Scout (1969) was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in 2012.{{cite web |last=Wendell |first=Bryan |url=http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2015/01/28/eagle-scouts-with-super-bowl-ties/ |title=14 Eagle Scouts with Super Bowl ties |work=Bryan on Scouting |date=January 28, 2015}}

Moorehead was a real estate agent from 1986 until 2013 with Koenig & Strey Berkshire Hathaway Home Services of America in Northbrook, Illinois, and is Past Chairman of the North Shore - Barrington Association of realtors.{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/emerymoorehead/ |title=Emery Moorehead |website=LinkedIn}}