Mike Haffner | |
Position: | Wide receiver |
Number: | 84, 35 |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1942 |
Birth Place: | Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. |
Undraftedyear: | 1965 |
College: | UCLA |
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Highlights: | |
Statlabel1: | Receptions |
Statvalue1: | 59 |
Statlabel2: | Receiving yards |
Statvalue2: | 991 |
Statlabel3: | Touchdowns |
Statvalue3: | 7 |
Michael Arthur Haffner[1] (born July 7, 1942) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for four seasons for the Denver Broncos (1968–1970)[2] and Cincinnati Bengals (1971).[3] 's NFL off-season, he still held the Broncos rookie franchise record for yards per reception at 30.5, for a 4 reception, 122 yard performance on 14 Dec 1968 against the Kansas City Chiefs.
After retirement, Haffner was a color commentator for the NFL on NBC. He is most noted for being the sideline reporter who inadvertently captured on his live microphone a two‐word expletive uttered by Terry Donahue who was voicing his disapproval over a Bruins interception being nullified due to a penalty in NBC's Christmas Day telecast of the 1978 Fiesta Bowl. Haffner and Donohue had been roommates at UCLA.[4]