What is Walt Michaels?
[[File:Walt Michaels - 1952 Bowman Large.jpg|right|200px]] '''Walter Edward Michaels''' (October 16, 1929 &ndash; July 10, 2019) was a professional [[American football]] player and coach. He was best known for his six-year career as [[head coach]] of the [[National Football League|NFL]]'s [[New York Jets]] from 1977 to 1982.<ref>{{Cite news| url = http://polishsportshof.com/inductees/football/walt-michaels/ |title= Walt Michaels|work= National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame |date = June 12, 1997}}</ref> As a player, he played for the [[Green Bay Packers]], [[Cleveland Browns]] and the New York Jets. Michaels was born in [[Swoyersville, Pennsylvania]]. Michaels died on July 10, 2019 in [[Plains, Pennsylvania]] at the age of 89.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flowsports.co/nfl/news/former-jets-coach-walt-michaels-architect-super-bowl-upset-dies |title=Former Jets coach Walt Michaels, architect of Super Bowl 3 upset, dies at 89 |access-date=2019-07-11 |archive-date=2019-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711190558/http://www.flowsports.co/nfl/news/former-jets-coach-walt-michaels-architect-super-bowl-upset-dies |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Michaels, Walt}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American football linebackers]] [[Category:American football coaches]] [[Category:New York Jets players]] [[Category:Green Bay Packers players]] [[Category:Cleveland Browns players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:People from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}