Vince Evans
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Vincent Tobias Evans is a former professional American football
quarterback
who was selected by the Chicago Bears
in the sixth round (140th overall pick) of the 1977 NFL Draft
. Evans, who played collegiately at USC
, played for the Bears, the USFL's
Chicago Blitz
and Denver Gold
, and for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders
in a career that nearly spanned 20 years from 1977 to 1995. Evans is the only player of the Chicago Bears to score a perfect quarterback rating in a game. Vince Evans' son attended Winston Churchill and played football there. Vince Jr. currently plays football at Whittier and is a member of the class of 2012. Vince has a daugter named Krista Evans. She currently goes to Whittier Christian Junior High in Whittier California.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
who was selected by the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
in the sixth round (140th overall pick) of the 1977 NFL Draft
1977 NFL Draft
The 1977 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held May 3–4, 1977...
. Evans, who played collegiately at USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, played for the Bears, the USFL's
United States Football League
The United States Football League was an American football league which was in active operation from 1983 to 1987. It played a spring/summer schedule in its first three seasons and a traditional autumn/winter schedule was set to commence before league operations ceased.The USFL was conceived in...
Chicago Blitz
Chicago Blitz
The Chicago Blitz were a professional American football team that played in the United States Football League in the mid 1980s. They played at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.- Team history :...
and Denver Gold
Denver Gold
The Denver Gold was a franchise in the United States Football League, an attempt to establish a second major professional football league in the United States, playing a springtime season, from 1983 to 1985...
, and for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
in a career that nearly spanned 20 years from 1977 to 1995. Evans is the only player of the Chicago Bears to score a perfect quarterback rating in a game. Vince Evans' son attended Winston Churchill and played football there. Vince Jr. currently plays football at Whittier and is a member of the class of 2012. Vince has a daugter named Krista Evans. She currently goes to Whittier Christian Junior High in Whittier California.