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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1937-02-25)February 25, 1937 (age 88) Aurora, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Colorado State | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1959: 23rd round, 266th pick | ||||||||
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Frederick Couture Glick (born February 25, 1937) is an American formergridiron football player and coach. Glick played as asafety in theNational Football League (NFL) for theChicago/St. Louis Cardinals and theHouston Oilers.
Glick was born inAurora, Colorado. After some time spent inLakewood, Colorado, the family moved to a dairy farm inLaporte, Colorado when Glick was in the fourth grade. The town's proximity toFort Collins madeColorado State University (then known as Colorado A&M) the place he wanted to play football.[1] He would be the third Glick to attendColorado State. In total, four Glick brothers (Ivan, Leon, andGary) attended the university, each receiving letters in football.[2] He largely played as aquarterback as well as defensive back. In his senior year, he led A&M to a last-minute 15–14 win in therivalry game against Colorado in the last version of the game played for 25 years.[3] Joining his brother Gary, he was inducted into the Colorado State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.[4]
Glick played for theCardinals franchise in 1959, when the team was inChicago. The following year saw the team move toSt. Louis. He went on to play six seasons in theAmerican Football League (AFL), starting with theHouston Oilers in 1961, when the team won their second consecutiveChampionship Game. Glick was anAFL All-Star in 1962, 1963, and 1964. In a 1962 game against theBuffalo Bills, he was credited with 27 tackles, which may be an AFL single game record. In 1963, he set an AFL single season record with 12 interceptions. In 1965 Fred was elected along with George Blanda as Co Captains of the Houston Oilers. A back surgery forced an early retirement from football at the age of 28.
In 2009, Glick was voted by the fans as the starting Safety on the "All-Time Houston Oilers Dream Team".
His first job was defensive backfield coach atNew Mexico State University in 1967. The following year, Glick was hired as defensive backfield coach at theUniversity of Arizona, where he coached through the 1972 season before being hired byFrank Kush atArizona State University. After the 1977 season, Glick began his professional coaching career being hired byBud Wilkinson to join his staff with the St Louis Cardinals, which was followed by stops with theNew York Giants and theNew Orleans Saints before moving on to theWinnipeg Blue Bombers andOttawa Rough Riders of theCanadian Football League. While with the Giants, Glick teamed withBill Belichick andBill Parcells as defensive coaches.
Glick was head coach for theOttawa Rough Riders of theCanadian Football League (CFL) from 1987 to 1988.
After coaching, he returned to Fort Collins to help run the family business, which operated a business park.