Speaker Profile

Ken Stabler

Ken Stabler

Organization: NFL

Role: Player

Sport: Football

Speaking Year: 2005

Kenneth Michael Stabler (December 25, 1945 – July 8, 2015), nicknamed “Snake”, was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Oakland Raiders (1970–1979), Houston Oilers (1980–1981) and New Orleans Saints (1982–1984). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Stabler quarterbacked the Raiders to victory in Super Bowl XI, was the 1974 NFL Most Valuable Player and was selected as a quarterback for the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team. Stabler was posthumously elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.