Biography:

Professional athlete, businessman. Born– Dec. 25, 1945 in Foley, Ala. Parents– Lee Roy and Myrtle Margaret (Osborne) Stabler. Married– Isabel Clarke. Children– One. Married– Debbie Fitzsimmons. Education– attended University of Alabama playing on football team. Played with Oakland Raiders beginning 1968; Oakland’s Player of the Year and a player in Pro Bowl in 1973, 1974, and 1977; National Football League’s Player of the Year 1974 and 1977; National Football League’s Player of the Year 1974; traded to Houston Oilers 1980, and to New Orleans Saints 1982; president of Stabler Sporting Goods in Selma.

Source:

Current Biography, 1979; Who’s Who in America, 1982.

Joint_Publication(s):

Snake. New York; Doubleday, 1986.

Super Bowl Diary; the Autobiography of Ken “The Snake” Stabler. Los Angeles; Pinnacle Books, 1977.

Winning Offensive Football. Chicago; Regnery, 1976.