Howie Long (Football Player) – Overview, Biography

Name:Howie Long
Occupation: Football Player
Gender:Male
Birth Day: January 6,
1960
Age: 62
Birth Place: Boston,
United States
Zodiac Sign:Capricorn

Howie Long

Howie Long was born on January 6, 1960 in Boston, United States (62 years old). Howie Long is a Football Player, zodiac sign: Capricorn. Nationality: United States. Approx. Net Worth: Undisclosed. @ plays for the team .

Brief Info

Hall of Fame defensive end who won Super Bowl XVIII with the Los Angeles Raiders in 1984. Howie Long recorded 91.5 career sacks and became an NFL sportscaster after retirement.

Trivia

Howie Long was an 8-time Pro Bowler and one-time Defensive Player of the Year in his career.

Net Worth 2020

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Before Fame

Howie Long was a collegiate heavyweight boxing champion while also playing football at Villanova University.

Biography

Biography Timeline

1980

Long played college football at Villanova University near Philadelphia and earned a degree in communications. A four-year letterman for the Wildcats, he was selected to play in the Blue–Gray Football Classic and was named the MVP in 1980. As a freshman, Long started every game and had 99 tackles. As a sophomore in 1978, Long led Villanova in sacks with five and recorded 78 tackles. The next season, Long sustained a thigh injury, missed three games, and ended the season with 46 tackles. As a senior in 1980, Long again led the Wildcats with four sacks and had 84 tackles. He began as a tight end but was moved to the defensive line, playing mostly nose guard his first two seasons. After moving to defensive end, he earned All-East honors and was honorable mention All-American in his senior year. Long also boxed at Villanova and was the Northern Collegiate Heavyweight Boxing Champion.

1982

Long met Diane Addonizio during his sophomore year at Villanova; they married in 1982, and have three sons. The eldest, Chris is a retired defensive end, who played for the St. Louis Rams, New England Patriots, and Philadelphia Eagles. The middle son, Kyle is a retired guard who played for the Chicago Bears. His youngest, Howie Jr., works in player personnel for the Raiders. Long is a Roman Catholic.

1983

Long collected 91⁄2 sacks during his career (7⁄2 are not official, as sacks were not an official statistic during his rookie year). His career high was in 1983 with 13 sacks, including a career-high five against the Washington Redskins on October 2, 1983. He also intercepted two passes and recovered 10 fumbles during his 13-year career. At the time of his retirement, he was the last player still with the team who had been a Raider before the franchise moved to Los Angeles. He won the Super Bowl XVIII title as the left defensive end with the Raiders (1983 season), beating the Washington Redskins, as he outplayed the opposing offensive tackle, George Starke; the vaunted Redskin running game led by John Riggins had only 90 yards in 32 rush attempts.

1985

Long was voted the NFL Alumni Defensive Lineman of the Year and the NFLPA AFC Defensive Lineman of the Year in 1985. He capped off a stellar 1985 season earning the George S. Halas Trophy for having been voted the NEA’s co-NFL Defensive Player of the Year (along with Andre Tippett). He was also named the Seagrams’ Seven Crown NFL Defensive Player of the year. The following year, Long was voted the Miller Lite NFL Defensive Lineman of the Year. Both those awards were taken by polls of NFL players. In 1986, Long was voted to his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl and was key in helping the Raiders record 63 sacks and being the number one defense in the AFC. From 1983-86 the Raiders defense recorded 249 sacks, which tied with the Chicago Bears for tops in the NFL over that span.

1986

He had high aspirations early in his career. He told Football Digest in 1986 that he wanted “Financial security, and I want to be in the Hall of Fame. That’s my goal. And I’d like to win a few more Super Bowls.” Along the way, he was also named first team All-Pro three times (in 1983, ’84, and ’85) and second team All-Pro twice (in 1986 and 1989). He was selected by John Madden to the All-Madden teams in 1984 and 1985 and was named to the 10th Anniversary All-Madden team in 1994.

In March 1986, Long told Inside Sports, “When I’m finished playing, I’d like to stay in touch with football, through broadcasting. I’m qualified to give a certain perspective and I’m articulate enough to handle it.” After his retirement, he began as a studio analyst for the Fox Network’s NFL coverage where he often plays the “straight man” to the comic antics of co-host Terry Bradshaw and he writes a column for Foxsports.com. In addition, he hosts an annual award show on Fox, Howie Long’s Tough Guys, which honors the NFL players whom he deems the toughest and gives “the toughest” a Chevrolet truck. Long won a Sports Emmy Award in 1997 as “Outstanding Sports Personality/Analyst.”

2001

He is also the author of Football for Dummies, a book to help average fans understand the basics of professional football; it is part of the For Dummies series by Wiley Publishing. He is an alumnus of, and volunteers his time for, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He was named Walter Camp Man of the Year in 2001 by the Walter Camp Foundation.

2007

After his retirement from the NFL following the 1993 season, Long pursued an acting career, focused mainly on action films—including Firestorm, a 1998 feature in which he starred. He also appeared as a co-star in the suspense movie Broken Arrow, alongside star John Travolta. He played a minor role in the movie 3000 Miles to Graceland alongside Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell and Courteney Cox. In That Thing You Do!, Long appears as Mr. White’s (Tom Hanks) “partner” Lloyd in the extended cut of the movie, released on DVD in 2007. Long’s part was entirely cut from the theatrical release.

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