Fred Glick

Frederick Couture Glick (born February 25, 1937) is an American former gridiron football player and coach. Glick played as a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Oilers.

Early life
Glick was born in Aurora, Colorado. After some time spent in Lakewood, Colorado, the family moved to a dairy farm in Laporte, Colorado when Glick was in the fourth grade. The town's proximity to Fort Collins made Colorado State University (then known as Colorado A&M) the place he wanted to play football. He would be the third Glick to attend Colorado State. In total, four Glick brothers (Ivan, Leon, and Gary) attended the university, each receiving letters in football. He largely played as a quarterback as well as defensive back. In his senior year, he led A&M to a last-minute 15–14 win in the rivalry game against Colorado in the last version of the game played for 25 years. Joining his brother Gary, he was inducted into the Colorado State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.

Football career
Glick played for the Cardinals franchise in 1959, when the team was in Chicago. The following year saw the team move to St. Louis. He went on to play six seasons in the American Football League (AFL), starting with the Houston Oilers in 1961, when the team won their second consecutive Championship Game. Glick was an AFL All-Star in 1962, 1963, and 1964. In a 1962 game against the Buffalo Bills, he was credited with 27 tackles, which may be an AFL single game record. In 1963, he set an AFL single season record with 12 interceptions. In 1965 Fred was elected along with George Blanda as Co Captains of the Houston Oilers. A back surgery forced an early retirement from football at the age of 28.

In 2009, Glick was voted by the fans as the starting Safety on the "All-Time Houston Oilers Dream Team".

Post playing career
His first job was defensive backfield coach at New Mexico State University in 1967. The following year, Glick was hired as defensive backfield coach at the University of Arizona, where he coached through the 1972 season before being hired by Frank Kush at Arizona State University. After the 1977 season, Glick began his professional coaching career being hired by Bud Wilkinson to join his staff with the St Louis Cardinals, which was followed by stops with the New York Giants and the New Orleans Saints before moving on to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. While with the Giants, Glick teamed with Bill Belichick and Bill Parcells as defensive coaches.

Glick was head coach for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1987 to 1988.

After coaching, he returned to Fort Collins to help run the family business, which operated a business park.