Celebrating the Life of King Corcoran Thursday Night on Terp Talk at 7PM on 1300 AM

As always I am looking for any King Corcoran stories as we recall his life Thursday night. Jim died on June 19, 2009.

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  1. freddy from boca

    the king made his name playing for the pottstown firebirds. best md qb’s since 1960 from oldest to the latest off the top of my head..shiner, pastrana, avellini, manges, esiason, reich, gelbaugh, milanovitch, hill, mcbrien.

    Reply ·   11/12/2019

  2. freddy from boca

    He attended the University of Maryland starting in 1961. He played as a back-up quarterback behind Dick Shiner and Alan Pastrana, but rarely started because of disagreements with the coaching staff.[2] An injury benched Corcoran for the 1963 season.[3] In his later life, Corcoran claimed to have led the Maryland to a 27–22 victory over Navy led by future Pro Football Hall of Famer Roger Staubach in 1964,[4][5] but he did not actually play in that game.[1] Corcoran’s greatest college football accomplishment was leading the Maryand’s 1961 freshman team to an undefeated season, including a 29–27 victory over the Navy Plebes under Staubach.[1] At Maryland, Corcoran first developed his reputation for brashness, and he referred to himself as “The King”.[3] The Washington Post described him as such:

    “[H]e was flamboyant, brash and utterly unforgettable. He was a showman, an unapologetic playboy, an egomaniacal self-promoter who traveled with his own PR agent. And, not least of all, he was a lady-killer on an epic scale. Not for nothing was he called the “poor man’s Joe Namath,” after the Hall of Fame New York Jets quarterback and notorious skirt chaser.”[1]

    Reply ·   11/12/2019

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