University of Massachusets Athletics
Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1980
- Class:
- 1968
Greg Landry is one of the greatest quarterbacks in UMass history. Behind his golden arm and running ability, UMass won two Yankee Conference Beanpots in three years.
Landry led the team in passing all three years, and led in both rushing and scoring in 1965 and 1967. Landry's quarterback efficiency rating of 145.4 in 1965 is still a school record. He also shares the single-game mark for highest completion percentage (.800). L
andry went on to be a successful pro player, spending 14 years in the NFL with the Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts, including a season as an all-Pro for Detroit in 1971, when he started for the NFC in the Pro Bowl. Landry also had a stint with the Chicago Blitz in the now-defunct USFL.
Landry later served as an assistant coach for his former team, the Detroit Lions, after spending several years on the coaching staff at the University of Illinois. He was the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears when they won Super Bowl XX.
Landry was one of six Minutemen named to the Yankee Conference 50th Anniversary team, announced in June of 1996.
He was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980.
