databasefootball years draftedround birth_place teams stats article_title position birth_date number college name draftedyear
lischrus01 1980-1983 1984 4 / pick 89 belleville , illinois st. louis cardinals chicago bears y rusty lisch
 quarterback 21 december 1956 6 notre dame rusty lisch 1980
rusty lisch

russell john `` rusty '' lisch -lrb- born december 21 , 1956 -rrb- is a former professional american football quarterback in the national football league .
he played five seasons for the st. louis cardinals -lrb- 1980 -- 1983 -rrb- and the chicago bears -lrb- 1984 -rrb- .
after 5 seasons in the nfl , lisch only managed 1 touchdown versus 11 interceptions thrown .
he retired with a 25.1 passer rating .
at the university of notre dame , lisch was part of dan devine 's first recruiting class in 1975 .
he made his first start in place of injured rick slager in 1976 , achieving a 40-27 victory against miami .
he would go on to start the first three games of 1977 but then would yield the starting job to joe montana .
lisch would finally be named the permanent starting qb as a fifth-year senior in 1979 , winning seven of ten starts , highlighted by his 336-yard passing effort as the irish rallied from a 17-3 deficit against south carolina for an 18-17 victory .
lisch 's rather bad nfl career caused him to receive the `` honor '' as the worst player in nfl history from sports blog deadspin in 2011 , saying : one year later , with jim mcmahon and steve fuller hurt , lisch started a game for the bears against green bay .
he played so poorly that mike ditka pulled him , `` for walter payton . ''
his son is professional basketball player , kevin lisch .
