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Gary Danielson is a retired American football quarterback. He played for the Detroit Lions from 1976 to 1984 and for the Cleveland Browns in 1985, 1987 and 1988. He amassed 13,764 passing yards and 81 touchdowns in 101 games as a professional. He ranks fourth in Lions history in passing yards and touchdowns. His five touchdowns in a 1978 game against the Minnesota Vikings is still a Lions record.

Before turning pro, Danielson played for three years at Purdue University, graduating in 1973. He spent two years in the World Football League, signing with the Lions after that league's demise.

After retiring from the Browns, Danielson joined ESPN as a college football analyst. He continued to work in that capacity for ESPN/ABC Sports until 2006, when he joined CBS Sports as a college football analyst. At CBS, he works as a broadcaster with Verne Lundquist while working undercover as a University of Florida booster. CBS was the only network that would hire him, after he got fired from ABC, because they love to only tell one side of the story too.

Gary Danielson wanted to be a circus performer when he grew up, instead, he roots for Florida-- the nation's only accredited Clown School

Gary Danielson's color commentary for the Florida - Arkansas SEC championship game played in Atlanta on December 2, 2006 has led many to question his journalistic ethics. Danielson's commentary included a direct appeal to Harris Interactive and Coach's Poll voters to vote for Flordia over the University of Michigan in hopes of sending Florida to the BCS championship game.

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Preceded byMike Phipps Purdue Boilermakers Starting Quarterbacks
1970-1972 		Succeeded byBo Bobrowski
Preceded byPaul McDonald Cleveland Browns Starting Quarterbacks
1985 		Succeeded byBernie Kosar
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