Donna Lyons Interviews Former Stanford And NFL Player Michael Dotterer

Michael Dotterer remains the only athlete in Stanford history to earn four letters in both football and baseball. As a running back he was part of a backfield that included John Elway and Darrin Nelson, compiling 1,187 yards and 15 touchdowns during his four-year career.

A two-time All-American   baseball player, Michael was a .340 career hitter as a left fielder and helped the Cardinal’s to a pair of College World Series. In 1981 he set the single-season records for hits, runs scored and at-bats to go along with six home runs, seven triples, 11 doubles and 44 runs scored from his leadoff position in the batting order.

Michael was drafted three time by Major League Baseball, by the New York Yankees in 1979 and 1983, the Oakland Athletics (1982) and then drafted to the NFL by the Los Angeles Raiders (1983) where he was a member of the 1984 Super Bowl Championship Team.

Michael has become an advocate bringing awareness to CTE over the past several years. CTE is known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy which is a progressive degenerative disease that afflicts the brain of people who have suffered repeated concussions and traumatic brain injuries, such as athletes, members of the military and many others.

Michael shares his personal journey in college and professional sports and his knowledge and information about Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).