Tim Van Galder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetTim Van Galder
American football player
Date of Birth: 26-May-1944
Place of Birth: Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Tim Van Galder
- Thomas Scott Van Galder (born May 26, 1944) is a former American football quarterback.
- He played in the National Football League (NFL) with the St.
- Louis Cardinals (1967, 1971–1972) and the New York Jets (1973).
- He played college football and baseball at Iowa State University and the New Mexico Military Institute.
- While at Iowa State he earned all Big Eight Conference honors in both sports.
- He was later a sportscaster on St.
- Louis television. Although drafted in 1966 by the Cardinals he spent most of his first 3 seasons on their taxi squad, only being briefly activated but not playing in 1967.
- His first NFL action came on opening day of 1972 when he started at quarterback for the Cardinals and led them to a 10–3 victory over the Baltimore Colts.
- He started 4 more games for the Cardinals that season but the Cardinals did not win any of them, missing several games with a concussion suffered in game 3, and he ended the season with a 34.5 quarterback rating on 79 passes (with 7 interceptions).He was waived by the Cardinal and picked up by the Cincinnati Bengals before the 1973 season to replace the injured Virgil Carter as Ken Anderson's backup.
- The Bengals released him after an opening game loss in which Van Galder did not play and replaced him with Mike Ernst.
- He was signed in October by the New York Jets to back up 3rd string quarterback Bill Demory after their top two quarterbacks, Joe Namath and Al Woodall, were hurt.
- The Jets released him after two games in which Van Galder did not play.
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