Guy Benjamin
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Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 27, 1955 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | James Monroe (North Hills, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Stanford | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1978: 2nd round, 51st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Guy Emory Benjamin (born June 27, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinals (now Cardinal), earning consensus All-American honors in 1977. Benjamin was selected in the second round of the 1978 NFL draft. He won a Super Bowl as a backup quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers in January 1982.
Benjamin played football at James Monroe High School in North Hills, California, and matriculated at Stanford University in 1974. He split starting time with Mike Cordova at first, but took over as full-time starter in 1976. In 1977 under head coach Bill Walsh, Benjamin led Stanford to a 24–14 victory over LSU in the Sun Bowl and won both the Sammy Baugh Trophy (top passer in college football) and the W.J. Voit Memorial Trophy, (outstanding college football player on the Pacific Coast).