George Ignacio Mira is a former professional American football

American football

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 player. A quarterback

Quarterback

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 drafted in the second round of the 1964 NFL Draft

1964 NFL Draft

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 from the University of Miami

University of Miami

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, Mira played in eight NFL

National Football League

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 seasons from 1964-1971 for three different teams. He was a backup in Super Bowl VI

Super Bowl VI

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 as a member of the Miami Dolphins

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Mira's best game of his collegiate career came in the 1962 Gotham Bowl

Gotham Bowl

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 against the Nebraska Cornhuskers

Nebraska Cornhuskers

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. Despite playing in twenty-degree weather in front of less than a thousand fans at Yankee Stadium

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, Mira threw for 321 yards—at the time, a Miami school record—and was named the bowl game's most valuable player. Despite Mira's efforts, the Cornhuskers won, 36-34.

He later played 19 games with the Montreal Alouettes

Montreal Alouettes

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 of the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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 in 1972 and 1973, completing 92 of 168 passes for 1356 yards and 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions in 1973. With the Birmingham Americans

Birmingham Americans

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 of the WFL in 1974 he was MVP of their championship game victory, completing 155 of 313 passes for 2248 yards and 17 touchdowns and 14 interceptions during the season. In 1975, with the Jacksonville Express of the World Football League

World Football League

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, he completed 123 of 254 passes for 1675 yards and 12 touchdowns and interceptions. He finished his career in 1977, playing six games for the Toronto Argonauts

Toronto Argonauts

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His son George Mira, Jr.

George Mira, Jr.

George Mira, Jr. was an All-American Middle linebacker for the University of Miami Hurricanes football team during the mid 1980s, taking over the reins after the departure of Jay Brophy. He is also the son of former U.M quarterback George Mira, Sr...

 was an All-America

All-America

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n linebacker

Linebacker

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at the University of Miami.