Al Dorow - #12 - QB - Michigan State - Profile

The 29-year-old veteran signal-caller spearheaded the Titan offense in 1960. Dorow's ability to run, coupled with a great passing arm, has made him one of the most dangerous threats in pro football. Three times last season he won the league trophy as the player-of-the-week on offense. AI's masterly executed roll-outs have caused no end of aggravation for opposing defensemen; and his deft field generalship ranks him with the great quarterbacks. When the solid 195-pounder was right last season, the Titans had the most explosive attack in the AFL. Dorow completed 201 of 396 pass att.empts, for a sparkling .508 percentage. He amassed 2848 yards in the air, and led the league in touchdown passes with 26. Against Oakland last year, the ex-Michigan State All-American put on the most spectacular one-man show of the season. He completed 29 of 48 aerials for 375 yards, 3 touchdowns and not a single interception. On the second play of the game, Dorow lofted an 82-yard scoring pass to end Art Powell, and later he capped a drive with one of his patented roll-outs. AI kept the defense "honest" last year by skirting the end himself for 7 touchdowns. While MSU's quarterback in 1950 and 1951, Dorow started the Spartans on a 28-game winning streak. After graduation he played at Bolling Field Air Base in Washington, D. C., where he was voted the "top" player in Air Force Service football in 1954. A veteran of 8 years of pro ball, AI spent four seasons with the Washington Redskins, two with the Philadelphia Eagles, and one at Toronto in the Canadian League. Dorow was named the most valuable player in the 1956 Pro Bowl game.

He resides in Plainview, L. I., with his wife and two children-Bernadine, 4%, and Debbie, 3.

From 1961 Jets yearbook.