11-21-2022, 01:46 PM
Participant in one of the most memorable plays in college football:
Dwight Eugene Garner (October 25, 1964 – November 18, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a running back. He played college football for the California Golden Bears and had a brief stint as a kick returner for the Washington Redskins (today renamed the Washington Commanders) of the National Football League during the 1986 season.
Garner was best known for his participation in The Play during the Big Game on November 20, 1982, while he was at the University of California, Berkeley, in which he made the third of five Cal lateral passes on a kickoff return to score a game-winning touchdown over Stanford. Garner's pass, as well as the final lateral pass of The Play, have been heavily scrutinized over whether they were legal; Garner made his pass while being tackled by several Stanford players, who maintain that Garner's knee touched the ground before he passed the ball, thereby ending the play at that point. Garner thereafter maintained,"I was not down."[1] The closest official to Garner at that moment was head linesman Jack Langley. He later declared that Garner's forward progress had not been stopped.[1]
Garner died from prostate cancer on November 18, 2022, at the age of 58.[2]
Dwight Eugene Garner (October 25, 1964 – November 18, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a running back. He played college football for the California Golden Bears and had a brief stint as a kick returner for the Washington Redskins (today renamed the Washington Commanders) of the National Football League during the 1986 season.
Garner was best known for his participation in The Play during the Big Game on November 20, 1982, while he was at the University of California, Berkeley, in which he made the third of five Cal lateral passes on a kickoff return to score a game-winning touchdown over Stanford. Garner's pass, as well as the final lateral pass of The Play, have been heavily scrutinized over whether they were legal; Garner made his pass while being tackled by several Stanford players, who maintain that Garner's knee touched the ground before he passed the ball, thereby ending the play at that point. Garner thereafter maintained,"I was not down."[1] The closest official to Garner at that moment was head linesman Jack Langley. He later declared that Garner's forward progress had not been stopped.[1]
Garner died from prostate cancer on November 18, 2022, at the age of 58.[2]
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