Editing Cliff Branch (section)

{{Short description|American football player (1948–2019)}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Cliff Branch
| image       = Cliff Branch 2019.jpg
| alt         =
| caption     = Branch in 2019
| number      = 21
| position    = [[Wide receiver]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1948|8|1|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|2019|8|3|1948|8|1}}
| death_place = [[Bullhead City, Arizona]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 5
| height_in   = 11
| weight_lb   = 170
| high_school = [[Worthing High School (Houston, Texas)|Worthing]] <br> (Houston, Texas)
| college     = [[Wharton County Junior College|Wharton County]] (1968–1969) <br> [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]] (1970–1971)
| draftyear   = 1972
| draftround  = 4
| draftpick   = 98
| pastteams   = * [[Oakland Raiders|Oakland]] / [[Los Angeles Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|1972|1985}})
* [[Los Angeles Cobras]] ({{AFL Year|1988}})
| highlights  = * 3× [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XI|XI]], [[Super Bowl XV|XV]], [[Super Bowl XVIII|XVIII]])
* 3× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1974 All-Pro Team|1974]]–[[1976 All-Pro Team|1976]])
* 4× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1975 Pro Bowl|1974]]–[[1978 Pro Bowl|1977]])
* [[List of NFL annual receiving yards leaders|NFL receiving yards leader]] (1974)
* 2× [[List of NFL annual receiving touchdowns leaders|NFL receiving touchdowns leader]] (1974, 1976)
* Second-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]] ([[1971 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1971]])
; NFL record
* [[99-yard pass play|Longest receiving touchdown: 99 yards]] (tied)
| statlabel1  = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Receptions]]
| statvalue1  = 501
| statlabel2  = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Receiving yards]]
| statvalue2  = 8,685
| statlabel3  = [[Touchdown|Receiving touchdowns]]
| statvalue3  = 67
| pfr         = B/BranCl00
| HOF         = cliff-branch 
}}

'''Clifford Branch Jr.''' (August 1, 1948 – August 3, 2019) was an American professional [[American football|football]] [[wide receiver]] who played for the [[Oakland Raiders|Oakland]] / [[Los Angeles Raiders]] during his entire 14-year [[National Football League]] (NFL) career. He won three NFL championships with the Raiders in [[Super Bowl XI]], [[Super Bowl XV|XV]], and [[Super Bowl XVIII|XVIII]]. He was selected by the Raiders in the fourth round of the [[1972 NFL draft]] after playing [[college football]] for the [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado Buffaloes]]. He was posthumously elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022.