Jim Burt (football player)
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Jim Burt (born June 7, 1959) is a former NFL football player who played for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. Burt played nose tackle for the Giants team that won Super Bowl XXI and the 49ers team that won Super Bowl XXIV.
Burt made the Pro Bowl in 1986 and finished his career with his 20 sacks. He is also known for infamously knocking out 49ers quarterback Joe Montana on a pass in the 1986 Divisional Playfoff game. Montana's pass was picked off and returned for a touchdown by Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor. The Giants won, 40-3, on their way to winning Super Bowl XXI.
Although many people often credit Harry Carson and Lawrence Taylor with inventing the "Gatorade Shower" on coaches following wins, Burt actually created it in 1985.[1] As Carson stated in his 1987 book Point of Attack:The Defense Strikes Back Bill Parcells was especially hard on Burt in practice. Parcells often made Burt raise a 50 lb. dumbbell repeatedly off the ground in practice to simulate raising his arm powerfully out of his stance at the snap of the ball. Burt exacted playful revenge on Parcells after a win in 1985 by dousing him with a cooler of Gatorade. This has since become a tradition in football analogous to the champagne showers teams make in their locker rooms after winning a championship.
Burt attended the University of Miami, where he starred on the football field for the Hurricanes and was eventually inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
Burt's son Jim Burt Jr. followed in his father's footsteps and also went to Miami, but played collegiate baseball rather than football for the Hurricanes. [3]
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