Manch Wheeler

Manch Wheeler
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Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	March 2, 1939; Augusta, Maine
Died:	August 11, 2018 (aged 79); Bangor, Maine
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:	Phillips Academy; (Andover, Massachusetts)
College:	Maine
NFL draft:	1962: undrafted
Career history
	Buffalo Bills (1962); Portland Sea Hawks (1964); Hartford Charter Oaks (1965); Waterbury Orbits (1966-1967); Hartford Knights (1968); Portland Loggers (1969);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Manchester Haynes Wheeler (March 2, 1939 – August 11, 2018) was an American football quarterback. He played college football at the University of Maine, serving as a versatile utility player who kicked and played defense in addition to quarterbacking in a brief revival of the one-platoon system era.

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He played four games in the American Football League with the Buffalo Bills, serving as backup to Jack Kemp, before the team signed Daryle Lamonica the following season.^[1]

Wheeler spent much of his career as a quarterback in the minor leagues, playing in the Atlantic Coast Football League and the Continental Football League. His most successful season was in 1968, when, mostly acting as a game manager in a run-heavy offense that included Marv Hubbard and Mel Meeks, he led the Hartford Knights to a 15–1 season before being unceremoniously benched in the Atlantic Coast Football League championship in favor of rookie Dick Faucette.^[2] Following that season, he left to join his final team, the Continental Football League's Portland Loggers.^[3]

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