Joseph Craig Colquitt (born June 9, 1954) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

punter who spent eight seasons in the

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with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1978–1981,

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

–

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

) and Indianapolis Colts (

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

). He was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams with the Steelers in 1978 and

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

. Colquitt's brother, Jimmy Colquitt, was a punter for the Seattle Seahawks in

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

. He is also the father of two current NFL punters, Dustin and

Britton Colquitt Britton Douglas Colquitt (born March 20, 1985) is an American football punter who is a free agent. He was originally signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in December 2009. He played college football at Tennessee. Britton is t ...

. All four played college football at the

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. Both his sons won Super Bowl rings, Britton with the Broncos and Dustin with the Chiefs. Craig was inducted into the Greater Knoxville Hall of Fame July 16, 2009. Craig Colquitt is also the author of the children's book: "JoJo! What Happened To Your Hair?".

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* http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2009/jul/03/just-for-kicks/ * https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/sports/football/for-the-colquitt-punters-4th-down-is-family-time.html *https://CraigColquitt.com *Order Children's Book: https://craigcolquitt.com/order-the-book/ 1954 births Living people American football punters Tennessee Volunteers football players Pittsburgh Steelers players Indianapolis Colts players Players of American football from Knoxville, Tennessee Colquitt family National Football League replacement players {{Amfoot-punter-stub