Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame
Samuel C. Havrilak
- Induction:
- 1981
- Class:
- 1969
Sport: Football
Sam Havrilak followed a brilliant football career at Bucknell with an outstanding record in the National Football League. A graduate of Monessen (Pa.) High School, where he was football co-captain and winner of the school's student-athlete award, Havrilak was a rare triple threat football player at Bucknell at a time when there was an increasing number of specialists. As a senior in 1968, he ran 161 times for 891 yards, completed 96 of 199 passes for 1,179 yards and seven touchdowns, and punted for a 35.5-yard average. The first player in history named Most Valuable Player of the Middle Atlantic Conference for two successive years (1967 and 1968), Havrilak set Bucknell total offense records for a single game (397), season (2,070) and career (4,402). The Associated Press' All-State quarterback in 1968, he was selected to the weekly ECAC All-East Team three times that season. Havrilak captained the 1968 squad, started every varsity game in his career and received honorable mention on the Little All-America Team as a senior. Selected in the eighth round of the NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts in 1969, Havrilak played four years in Baltimore and one year with the New Orleans Saints.Â
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1981)
Sam Havrilak followed a brilliant football career at Bucknell with an outstanding record in the National Football League. A graduate of Monessen (Pa.) High School, where he was football co-captain and winner of the school's student-athlete award, Havrilak was a rare triple threat football player at Bucknell at a time when there was an increasing number of specialists. As a senior in 1968, he ran 161 times for 891 yards, completed 96 of 199 passes for 1,179 yards and seven touchdowns, and punted for a 35.5-yard average. The first player in history named Most Valuable Player of the Middle Atlantic Conference for two successive years (1967 and 1968), Havrilak set Bucknell total offense records for a single game (397), season (2,070) and career (4,402). The Associated Press' All-State quarterback in 1968, he was selected to the weekly ECAC All-East Team three times that season. Havrilak captained the 1968 squad, started every varsity game in his career and received honorable mention on the Little All-America Team as a senior. Selected in the eighth round of the NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts in 1969, Havrilak played four years in Baltimore and one year with the New Orleans Saints.Â
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1981)
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