And our father would tell us to take care of our mother. We took a lot of walks because neither of my parents could drive. Armada Halogen is the leading technology powered travel security risk management company with swift response capabilities. "I don't know where I would have gone," Plunkett says, "but I would have transferred. In an effort to aid the family's financial situation, Plunkett worked a series of odd jobs while growing up, including serving as a gas . Stanford went 22-8-2 in his three years, and he said his best game was a 27-17 victory over Ohio State in the Rose Bowl January 1, 1971. Plunkett, who on November 24 had been named the winner of the Heisman Trophy, directed a fourth-quarter comeback for an electrifying 27-17 upset over the Buckeyes. But sometimes she would get too nervous to enjoy it. ''I know my mother didn't make the trip to New Orleans for the Super Bowl because she doesn't fly anymore,'' he said. Then he threw for 261 yards again in the Super Bowl. . Throwing for 261 yards and three touchdowns, Plunkett was named the game's MVP; subsequently, Plunkett has the distinction of being the first minority to quarterback a team to a Super Bowl victory and the only Latino to be named Super Bowl MVP. These days, Plunkett and wife Gerry still live in the Bay Area, in Atherton, about a five-minute drive from Stanford. He would have been so proud to have been around all that. Plunkett's Stanford career nearly ended before it began. 1981 Topps Jim Plunkett | PSA CardFacts Jim attended high school at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco. Jim Plunkett | MY HERO A month before his enrollment, Plunkett was told by doctors that the lump he had felt at the base of his neck was cancerous. It foretold the enduring intensity of Plunkett's relationship with Stanford. "When I found out I'd finished second to Jim," said Theismann in 1984, "I was genuinely crushed. They met at a school for the blind in San Jose where my mother was learning Braille. In the 1984 Super Bowl, Plunkett passed for 172 yards and one touchdown in the Raiders' 38-9 rout of Washington, to that point the biggest Super Bowl victory margin.
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